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The Effects of An Addition of Water Enema to PEG for Colon Preparation

The Effects of An Addition of Water Enema to PEG for Colon Preparation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03270046
Enrollment
100
Registered
2017-09-01
Start date
2013-08-31
Completion date
2015-03-31
Last updated
2017-09-07

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Conditions

Adenoma, Bile Duct

Keywords

Bowel preparation, CRC screening

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the preparation quality by using Ottawa Bowel Preparation Scale between the standard PEG preparation and the addition of water enema in participants scheduled for CRC screening

Detailed description

Background : Good bowel preparation improves the rate of polyp detection and the time of caecal intubation during colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Suboptimal bowel preparation can results in adenoma miss rate up to 42% (95% CI, 35-49) and advanced adenoma miss rate up to 27% (95% CI, 17-41) The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline recommends a split regimen of 4L of polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution (or a same-day regimen in the case of afternoon colonoscopy) for a routine bowel preparation and the delay between the last dose of bowel preparation and colonoscopy should be minimized and no longer than 4 hours. The investigators hypothesize that the addition of water enema to the standard PEG bowel preparation could provide the better quality of bowel preparation and then result in improvement in the rate of adenoma detection among participants scheduled for CRC screening with preparation to procedure interval \> 8 hr. The purpose of this study is to compare the preparation quality using Ottawa Bowel Preparation Scale between the standard PEG preparation and the addition of water enema in participants scheduled for CRC screening. The secondary aim is to compare the effect of the standard PEG bowel preparation and the addition of water enema in terms of adenoma detection rate, the completeness of the examination, total and withdrawal time, safety and adverse events among those scheduled for CRC screening.

Interventions

PROCEDUREWater enema

Addition of water enema in standard PEG preparation in participants scheduled for CRC screening.

Sponsors

Mahidol University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)

Intervention model description

In this study, participants will be randomised 1:1 to water enema group or no water enema group using blocked randomization with random block sizes.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients scheduled for CRC screening * Bowel preparation using 3 liters of PEG solution * Colonoscopy performed at 8-16 hours after bowel preparation

Exclusion criteria

* History of a failed bowel preparation * Previous colonic surgery * Uncontrolled underlying disease * Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Bowel preparation quality using Ottawa Bowel Preparation Scale1 daysEvaluate Ottawa Bowel Preparation Scale by 2 endoscopists using video record

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
The effect of addition of water enema in standard PEG bowel preparation in terms of adenoma detection rate1 daysEvaluate the adenoma detection rate compare between two groups
The effect of addition of water enema in the standard PEG bowel preparation in terms of the completeness of the examination1 dayEvaluate the completeness of examination compare between two groups
The effect of addition of water enema in the standard PEG bowel preparation in terms of total and withdrawal times1 dayEvaluate total and withdrawal times of colonoscopy procedures compare between two groups
The effect of addition of water enema in the standard PEG bowel preparation in terms of safety and adverse events3 daysEvaluate the safety and efficacy of procedures compare between two groups

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026