Capnography During Colonoscopy (ColoCap)

Technical University of Munich

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Complications; Hypoxemia

Treatments: Procedure: Capnography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01072487

2681/10

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the study the value of capnography for avoiding complications during sedation for colonoscopy is evaluated.

Full description

In this randomized controlled trial the utility of capnography gets evaluated. Hypoxemia may occur during sedation with midazolam and propofol. Whether hypoxemia may be prevented by an additional capnographic monitoring is subject of the study.

Enrollment: 760 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age>=18
• Scheduled for colonoscopy with midazolam and propofol sedation

Exclusion criteria

• No informed consent
• ASA IV or V
• Pregnancy
• Prexisting hypotension, bradycardia or hypoxemia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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760 participants in 2 patient groups

Capnography

Experimental group

Description:

Arm with capnographic monitoring

Treatment:

Procedure: Capnography

Standard

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard monitoring.