Adenoma Detection Rate of 3D Colonoscopy

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colorectal Neoplasms; Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Device: 3D colonoscopy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05153746

202109112DIPB

Details and patient eligibility

About

Adenoma detection rate (ADR) has been the most important quality indicator on colonoscopy because ADR was reversely related with CRC incidence and mortality. Several image enhanced technologies, such as narrow-band imaging (NBI) or linked colour imaging (LCI) had been proved to have ability to increase the ADR. 3D techonology, however, has not been validated on colonoscopy performance. Therefore, current study was to compare the ADR between new 3D colonoscopy and conventional 2D colonoscopy.

Full description

An accumulating body of evidence has shown that detection and resection of pre-cancerous adenoma by colonoscopy could effectively prevent colorectal cancer (CRC) and its related mortality. Among various colonoscopy quality indicators, such as cecal intubation rate, withdrawal time, and adenoma detection rate (ADR), ADR is the most important one and most closely associated with the subsequent risk of CRC. A recent study further demonstrated the improvement of ADR could reduce subsequent risk of CRC.

To be noted, among all colorectal neoplasm, non-polypoid lesions, such as flat or depressed lesions, carries higher likelihood to be overlooked during conventional colonoscopy and these overlooked lesions were the main etiology of post-colonoscopy colorectal cancer (PCCRC). Nowadays, several colonoscopy technologies had been developed to enhance the detection of colorectal adenoma such as using digital or dye-spray chromoendoscopy or add-on device such as Cap-assisted endoscopy. Among them, some had showed the potential to enhance the detection of non-polypoid lesion, for example, the next-generation NBI or iSCAN.

3D endoscopy is a new technology that using image processing technique to offer more information on tissue depth in comparison with conventional 2D endoscopy. The utility of 3D endoscopy on GI tract was mainly from upper GI tract and it was proved to enhance the diagnostic accuracy on superficial gastric tumors and shortened the procedure time during performing gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection(ESD). However, few is known that whether 3D colonoscopy could enhance the adenoma detection, especially for non-polypoid lesion detection, during colonoscopy examination. Therefore, this prospective, randomized control study is aim to demonstrate the efficacy of 3D colonoscopy on adenoma detection in comparison with conventional 2D colonoscopy.

Enrollment: 318 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 40 or above
• Indication for colonoscopy, including screening, surveillance, symptomatic, etc

Exclusion criteria

• Poor and inadequate bowel preparation
• Incomplete study because of obstructive lesion, including cancer, stenosis, etc.
• Failure of cecal intubation, difficult insertion
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Hereditary polyposis, (FAP, Lynch syndrome, hyperplastic polyposis, etc.)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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318 participants in 2 patient groups

3D colonoscopy

Experimental group

Description:

Colonoscopy insertion under regular method. After reaching cecum, the subjects will be randomized into 3D or conventional colonoscopy. Subjects in 3D colonoscopy arm: Colonoscopist will switch the image to 3D imaging form and wearing special glasses to enhance the 3D imaging. The 3D mode will be maintained during the whole colonoscopy withdrawal. When encountering suspicious neoplasm, the colonoscopist can use any image-enhancing technique (such as NBI or indigo carmine dye) to assist the diagnosis and use standard resection procedure (such as polypectomy) to complete lesion resection if necessary. The procedure time, withdrawal time, adenoma detection rate will be recorded during the colonoscopy. The pathology specimen will be sent for histology examination and any adverse event after colonoscopy (such as bleeding or perforation) will be recorded after routine surveillance.

Treatment:

Device: 3D colonoscopy

Conventional colonoscopy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Colonoscopy insertion under regular method. After reaching cecum, the subjects will be randomized into 3D or conventional colonoscopy. Subjects in conventional colonoscopy arm: Colonoscopist will use regular colonoscopy imaging form during the whole colonoscopy withdrawal. When encountering suspicious neoplasm, the colonoscopist can use any image-enhancing technique (such as NBI or indigo carmine dye) to assist the diagnosis and use standard resection procedure (such as polypectomy) to complete lesion resection if necessary. The procedure time, withdrawal time, adenoma detection rate will be recorded during the colonoscopy. The pathology specimen will be sent for histology examination and any adverse event after colonoscopy (such as bleeding or perforation) will be recorded after routine surveillance.

Treatment:

Device: 3D colonoscopy