Bowel Preparation for Inpatient Colonoscopy

Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Colon Cancer; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage; Diverticulosis

Treatments: Drug: Go-Lytely; Drug: Go Lytely

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01169220

10-041

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will compare two strategies for bowel cleansing prior to inpatient colonoscopy: the entire preparation taken the night before the procedure versus half the preparation taken the night before the procedure, and the other half taken the morning of the procedure.

Enrollment: 55 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• any diagnosis for which colonoscopy is indicated

Exclusion criteria

• ileus
• severe colitis/toxic megacolon
• gastric retention
• bowel perforation
• gastrointestinal obstruction
• gastroparesis that precludes oral bowel preparation
• pregnant or lactating women
• allergy to polyethylene glycol.
• unable to give consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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55 participants in 2 patient groups

Split prep

Experimental group

Treatment:

Drug: Go Lytely

Whole prep

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Go-Lytely