Effectiveness and Safety of the Colonoscopy With "Visualization" Balloon
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Official title
A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Effectiveness and Safety of the Colonoscopy With the "Visualization" Balloon
Brief summary
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Colonoscopy has become the "gold standard" in detection of colonic polyps and colon cancer. However, colonoscopy causes significant abdominal discomfort and abdominal pain during and after the procedure, requiring intravenous sedation and use of analgesics. The discomfort and pain are mostly caused by air insufflation and intubation difficulties during advancement of the colonoscope in order the reach the cecum. Study Hypothesis: Use of the "Visualization" Balloon will facilitate advancement of the colonoscope and will eliminate the need for colonic distention with the air or CO2, which can shortened the length of the procedure, reduce patient's discomfort and can decrease amount of sedatives and analgesics used during colonoscopy.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02117232
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 216 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 17 Years to 90 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Feb 28, 2014
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2017
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2017
- Last update posted
- Aug 20, 2018
2014 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Medical Center | Baltimore | Maryland | 21202 | — |
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