Prone Versus Left-sided Colonoscopy in Obese Patients

Dallas VA Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obese

Treatments: Other: Standard Position; Other: Prone Position

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01616602

DVAMC-10-098

Details and patient eligibility

About

For obese patients, a randomized trial aimed at determining whether colonoscopy performance and patient comfort is improved if a patient is in the prone position (lay on their abdomen) versus the traditional left-sided position.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI >30kg/m2
• Elective Colonoscopy

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with prior colonic resection, strictures, or known colonic or intra-abdominal malignancy.
• Patients who are scheduled to have monitored or general anesthesia for their procedure.
• Emergency colonoscopy
• Inadequate preparation of the colon as assessed during colonoscopy

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Left-sided Position

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Standard Position

Prone Position

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Prone Position