Effect of Use of Straw on Tolerability and Quality of Split Dose 4l-PEG Preparation

Yale University

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Colon Cancer

Treatments: Other: Straw

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02317731

1410014830

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients drinking their bowel preparation solution with a straw will have improved tolerability for ingestion of their bowel preparation solution and achieve a higher bowel preparation quality score than patients drinking their bowel preparation solution without a straw.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients over 18 y/o scheduled for elective outpatient colonoscopy

Exclusion criteria

• History of colonic surgery, Contra-indication for preparation (PEG solution), History of inflammatory bowel disease

Trial design

20 participants in 2 patient groups

Routine

No Intervention group

Description:

Subjects will ingest the bowel preparation from a cup

Straw

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will ingest the bowel preparation with a straw

Treatment:

Other: Straw