The Affect of Low-Volume Bowel Preparation for Hospitalized Patients Colonoscopies

Mayo Clinic

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Colonoscopy

Treatments: Drug: Low volume prep (Prepopik); Drug: High volume prep (Golytely); Drug: Moderate volume prep (Moviprep)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01978509

13-003983

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of a low-volume bowel preparation versus a high-volume bowel preparation for bowel cleansing on hospitalized patients undergoing colonoscopies.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Inpatient colonoscopy
2. Age 18 years and older
3. Able to give consent
4. Split dose colonoscopies for all patients

Exclusion criteria

1. Unable to give consent
2. Pregnant or lactating women
3. Renal impairment (GFR <30)
4. Ileus
5. Ascites
6. Toxic megacolon
7. Gastrointestinal obstruction
8. Allergy to study drugs
9. Toxic colitis
10. Not able to split the dose of bowel preparations to be used
11. Contraindication to bowel preparation
12. Risk for aspiration
13. Risk of severe cardiac arrhythmias

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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32 participants in 3 patient groups

Low volume prep (Prepopik)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Low volume prep for colonoscopy (Prepopik)

Treatment:

Drug: Low volume prep (Prepopik)

Moderate volume prep (Moviprep)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Moderate volume prep for colonoscopy (Moviprep)

Treatment:

Drug: Moderate volume prep (Moviprep)

High volume prep (Golytely)

Active Comparator group

Description:

High volume prep for colonoscopy (Golytely)

Treatment:

Drug: High volume prep (Golytely)