Colorectal Polyp Resection Adequacy

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Status: Completed

Conditions: Polyp Resection Adequacy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02217085

RSA-RTSC 2014

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the best way to ensure that polyps are completely removed by evaluating the borders of the removed polyp. If a polyp is found that meets the size requirements for the study, the investigators will take extra biopsies of the margin to determine if there is any abnormal tissue or cancer at these borders.

Enrollment: 288 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 40-80

Exclusion criteria

• Coagulopathy (international normalized ratio >2)
• Inflammatory bowel disease or other active colitides
• Polyps of index colonoscopy that were felt not to be completely resected or pedunculated
• Familial adenomatous polyposis or hereditary polyposis
• Potential hereditary cancer syndrome (Lynch Syndrome)