Prospective Randomized Comparison of Cold Snare Polypectomy and Conventional Polypectomy (COLD)

Showa Inan General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: cold polypectomy; Procedure: conventional polypectomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00763425

200888

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare cold snare polypectomy and conventional polypectomy for the removal and retrieval of small colorectal polyps.

Cold snare polypectomy for colorectal polyps up to 8 mm is expected to be more effective than conventional polypectomy.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men or women between 20 and 100 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria include age less than 20 years old
• Pregnant, American Society of Anesthesiologists class III and IV
• Overweight (body weight > 100 kg)
• Allergic to the drugs used or its components (soybeans or eggs)
• Poor bowel preparation or post-colorectal surgery.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: cold polypectomy

2

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: conventional polypectomy