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Comparison of Oral Lactulose Versus Polyethylene Glycol for Bowel Preparation in Low-risk Patients

1L Oral Lactulose is an Effective Regimen for Bowel Preparation in Low-risk Patients

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05648318
Enrollment
255
Registered
2022-12-13
Start date
2022-01-08
Completion date
2022-09-12
Last updated
2022-12-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Colonic Neoplasms

Keywords

colonoscopy, bowel preparation

Brief summary

Adequate quality of bowel preparation(BP) is essential for colonoscopy. In recently, Kang suggested that for low-risk patients, single dose of 2L PEG is an effective regimen for bowel preparation.However, due to the poor palatability, there still more than 30% patients with 2L regimen experienced nausea or vomiting in our center. Oral lactulose is a treatment for constipation. Several studies have compared the effectiveness between use PEG and lactulose for colonoscopy preparation in average-risk patients. However, the data in low-risk patients is vacant. The objective of current study was to compared the effectiveness of bowel preparation and patient tolerance using lactulose and 2L PEG regimen in low-risk patients.

Interventions

In the LOS group, patients were instructed to drink 200ml lactulose (Duphalac, Olst, the Netherlands; 200ml/bottle) diluted with clear water into 1L 4-6h before colonoscopy at a rate of 250ml every 30min.

DRUGPEG

patient in the PEG group were instructed to drink 2L of PEG (each liter containing 59g PEG 4000, 1.46g sodium chloride, 5.68g sodium sulfate, 0.74g potassium chloride, 1.68g sodium bicarbonate; WanHe Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd., China) 4-6h before colonoscopy at a rate of 250ml every 15min

Sponsors

Zhang Xiaofeng,MD
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients over 18 years old and with low-risk were eligible. Patients were considered as low risk if they did not meet any of the following risk factors: age\>70 years old, body mass index (BMI)\>25Kg/m2, constipation, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, history of stroke or spinal cord injury, use of tricyclic antidepressant or narcotics.

Exclusion criteria

* (1) history of colorectal resection; (2) Known or suspected colonic stricture or obstructing tumor; (3) Known or suspected colonic perforation; (4) toxic colitis or megacolon; (5) use of prokinetic agents or purgatives within 7 days; (6) hemodynamic instability; (7) pregnancy or lactation; (8) inability to provide informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Bowel preparation1hourBoston bowel preparation score (BBPS):cleanliness of each part of the colon: 0=unprepared colon segment with mucosa not seen because of solid stool that cannot be cleared; 1=portion of mucosa of the colon segment seen, but other areas of the colon segment not well seen because of staining, residual stool, and/or opaque liquid; 2=minor amount of residual staining, small fragments of stool and/or opaque liquid, but mucosa of colon segment seen well; 3=entire mucosa of colon segment seen well with no residual staining, small fragments of stool, or opaque liquid.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Willingness to repeat bowel preparation1hourWe will ask patients in the form of questionnaire whether they are willing to repeat the same bowel preparation method if they need colonoscopy examination again
Adenoma detection rate7 days
Adverse events1hour
insertion time1hour
withdrawal time1hour
Cecal intubation rate1hour

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

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