EFficacy of Prophylactic Clip Application in Decrease of Immediate Postpolypectomy Bleeding and Delayed Postpolypectomy Bleeding After Colonoscopic Removal for a Large Pedunculated Polyps

Asan Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Polyp of Large Intestine

Treatments: Procedure: prophylactic clip application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01437631

2011-0653

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic clip application after colonoscopic removal for a large pedunculated polyp (> 1cm) in preventing immediate postpolypectomy bleeding (IPPB) and delayed postpolypectomy bleeding (DPPB).

Enrollment: 137 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who have a large pedunculated polyp(>1cm) in the colon

Exclusion criteria

• Age under 20 years
• Subjects who are taking anticoagulants
• Subjects who have an abnormal coagulogram (platelet count, international normalized ratio, or activated partial thromboplastin time)
• Subjects who have inflammatory bowel diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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137 participants in 2 patient groups

endoclip

Experimental group

Description:

The group of patients who undergo prophylactic clip application after colonoscopic polypectomy of a large pedunculated polyp(\>1cm).

Treatment:

Procedure: prophylactic clip application

no endoclip

No Intervention group

Description:

The group of patients who do not undergo prophylactic clip application after colonoscopic polypectomy of a large pedunculated polyp(\>1cm).