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Video Tutorial and Oral Explanation Vs Oral Explanation Alone in Colonoscopy Preparation

Prospective Multicenter Randomized Trial Comparing Oral Explanation Alone and With Video Tutorial for Bowel Preparation Quality and Adenoma Detection

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07355777
Acronym
PREPACOTUTO
Enrollment
574
Registered
2026-01-21
Start date
2025-04-01
Completion date
2026-03-31
Last updated
2026-01-21

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Conditions

Colonoscopy, Gastro-Intestinal Disorder

Keywords

colon preparation, colonoscopy, gastro-intestinal disorder, tutorial

Brief summary

Colonoscopy which is the standard examination for the exploration of the colon and rectum is performed very frequently. Colon preparation before the examination is an essential step and pescription of the colonic preparation is carried out by the gastroenterologist. However, despite a standardized explanation of the colon preparation, there is heterogeneity in understanding the colonic preparation, which in some cases compromises the quality of the colonoscopy examination. This clinical study aims to investigate whether an explanation of colonic preparation by tutorial films would increase the quality of colon preparation and would reach the recommendations of the Société française d'endoscopie digestive (SFED) in 2019.

Detailed description

The quality of the colonic preparation is essential for the quality of the colonic examination: in one hand, a good preparation will allow the feasibility of the colonoscopy and will allow a complete examination. On the other hand, the presence of stercoral residues due to a bad colonic preparation reduces the sensitivity of the examination by hiding small lesions or with a very discreet relief. A poorer quality will also increase the length of the examination, which increase the risk of complications. However, in the literature, 20 to 30% of poor colonic preparation is found and 5% of colonoscopies are incomplete, including 42% due to poor preparation. The Pacôme survey, reveals that 6% of patients did not have prior consultation with the gastroenterologist. In addition, if 81% of patients were informed of the importance of the preparation, only 64% were aware of its practical modalities. Only 57% of patients were aware of the risks of inadequate preparation, despite the fact that doctors feel they have well informed their patients. It is also reported in "2 days of endoscopy 2008", that 8% of the information is given by someone other than the gastroenterologist himself. These data demonstrate that there is a heterogeneity in the explanatory content of the consultation prior to the colonoscopy examination. This can then explain the rate of poor quality colonic preparation and consequently the colonoscopy examination. The consultation must be a real therapeutic education and must be sufficiently informative to result in a colonic preparation of quality. We then hypothesize that an informative explanation in the form of a tutorial film would ensure homogeneous and standardized information between practitioners. In addition, the tutorial film will be available to be viewed at home several times by the patient, which may reduce the risk of misunderstanding.

Interventions

PROCEDUREColonoscopy

The explanation of the colonic preparation will be done at home by film tutorial, before the colonic procedure or as usual, by the physician during a specific consultation before the colonic procedure but the quality of preparation will be evaluated by the boston score as usual.

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Saint Joseph Saint Luc de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER
Clinique Charcot
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Clinique du Val d'ouest
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Infirmerie Protestante de Lyon
CollaboratorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Consecutive patients undergoing their first colonoscopy for gastrointestinal symptoms, family history of CRC or suspected CRC. * Ability to use the internet and a link to a video. * Life expectancy over three months. * Patient ≥ 18 years old, requiring a colonoscopy procedure.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient with any psychiatric or psychological disorder that does not allow them a properd understanding and follow-up of the study. * Patient without internet access. * Patient requiring a colonoscopy procedure in emergency

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Assessment of the quality of the colonic preparation by the boston score for each groupeDuring the colonoscopy procedureTo date, the evaluation of the quality of the colonic preparation recognized by the SFED is the establishment of the Boston score. For each group, calculate the percentage of patients obtaining a Boston score ≥ 7. A Boston score ≥ 7 for a high-quality preparation is the score to be obtained according to the 2019 SFED recommendations for at least 90% of patients, excluding colonoscopies performed for emergencies.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Detection rate of adenomas in each arm will be comparedDuring the colonoscopy procedureNumber of patients with the detection rate of adenomas in each group will be compared in order to determine if there is a difference of sensibility between the two types of colonic explanation
The rate of complete colonoscopy in each groupDuring the colonoscopy procedureNumber of patients with complete colonoscopy in each group will be compared in order to determine if there is a difference of faisability between the two types of colonic explanation.
Incidence of procedure- adverse events as assessed by complications reportsFrom the colonoscopy procedure to one day afterNumber of patients with procedure-related adverse events will be reported to the pharmacovigilance department.

Countries

France

Contacts

CONTACTMarc O'BRIEN
MOBRIEN@SAINTJOSEPHSAINTLUC.FR00334.78.61.81.28
CONTACTSophie ARMAND
SARMAND@SAINTJOSEPHSAINTLUC.FR0033478618091
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMarc O'BRIEN

Hopital Saint Joseph Saint Luc

Outcome results

None listed

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