Impact of Low Fiber Diet on Colonic Cleansing Quality (DIETPREP)

Hospital Universitario de Canarias

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cleansing Quality of the Colon

Treatments: Drug: Polyethylene Glycol plus ascorbic acid; Other: One-day Low fiber diet; Other: Three-day low fiber diet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03247452

Large bowel cleansing

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single center randomized controlled trial to compare bowel cleansing for outpatient colonoscopy in two groups of participants: one group will receive instructions of one-day structured low fiber diet whilst the other group will receive three-day low fiber diet.

Both groups will receive the same bowel cleansing solution (polyethylene glycol plus ascorbic acid). Bowel cleansing will be assessed according the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale.

Full description

It is well-known that low fiber diet before colonoscopy is at least equivalent to liquid diet. However, tolerance is better with low fiber diet. There is no current evidence whether the number of days on low fiber diet before colonoscopy have any influence on bowel cleansing quality.

This is the first controlled, randomized trial to compare bowel cleansing by using two different protocols: one day low fiber diet versus three day low fiber diet.

A researcher will offer to participate in the study to scheduled for outpatient colonoscopy, who meet all the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria. The researchers will explain the purpose of the study and will ask to sign the informed consent. They will give verbal and written information on the diet and the bowel cleansing solution to be taken. Thus, according to the allocation group, participants must comply with a low fiber diet the previous day of the examination or 3 days prior to the examination. In both cases, patients will take a liquid diet the night before.

Patients from both groups will receive low volume preparation with 1 L of polyethylene glycol plus ascorbic acid 12 hours prior to the appointment of the colonoscopy and 1 L of PEG with ascorbic acid 5 hours before the appointment for colonoscopy.

Patients must complete a baseline questionnaire at the inclusion visit and another questionnaire at the colonoscopy visit.

The hypothesis of the study is that in non-selected population, a 3-day low fiber diet before colonoscopy is superior to 1-day low fiber diet in achieving an acceptable bowel cleansing assessed by a validated scale (Boston Bowel Preparation Score).

For the present study, a 10% improvement in the quality of colonic cleaning was hypothesized in the group of patients receiving 3 day low fiber diet regimen. Taking into account a power of 80%, alpha error of 5% and losses of 15% will require 202 patients per group.

Enrollment: 404 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with previous colon surgery
• Last colonoscopy with poor bowel preparation
• Ileus, intestinal obstruction, megacolon
• Poorly controlled hypertension (HTAS> 180 HTAD> 100)
• Terminal renal failure (pre-dialysis or dialysis)
• Congestive heart failure (NYHA III-IV)
• Acute liver failure
• Severe psychiatric illness
• Dementia with difficulty in the intake of the preparation
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Phenylketonuria
• Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
• Refusal to participate in the study
• Inability to follow the instructions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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404 participants in 2 patient groups

One-day low fiber diet

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients assigned to the active comparator will receive oral and written instructions about the same structured low fiber diet designed by an Endocrinologist but they will follow this diet only the day before colonoscopy. 2 liters of polyethylene glycol plus ascorbic acid will be administered

Treatment:

Other: One-day Low fiber diet

Drug: Polyethylene Glycol plus ascorbic acid

Three-day low fiber diet

Experimental group

Description:

Patients assigned to the experimental group will receive oral and written instructions about a structured low fiber diet designed by an Endocrinologist. They must follow this diet three days before colonoscopy. 2 liters of polyethylene glycol plus ascorbic acid will be administered

Treatment:

Other: Three-day low fiber diet

Drug: Polyethylene Glycol plus ascorbic acid