Risk of Post-polypectomy Bleeding With Prophylactic Hemoclipping

VA Office of Research and Development

Status: Completed

Conditions: Polypectomy; Elective Colonoscopy; Post-polypectomy Bleeding

Treatments: Device: NO hemoclip placement; Device: Hemoclip Placement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01647581

CLNB-005-13F

DVAMC-11-026 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized trial aimed at determining whether or not hemoclips are effective in preventing post-polypectomy bleeds on polyps that are 10mm in size or greater.

Enrollment: 11,182 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients presenting for elective colonoscopy

Exclusion criteria

• Patients in which polypectomy can not be performed safely

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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11,182 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Clip

Experimental group

Description:

A clip is been placed at the polypectomy site.

Treatment:

Device: Hemoclip Placement

No Clip

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

A hemoclip is not placed at the site of the polypectomy.

Treatment:

Device: NO hemoclip placement