Positioning During Colonoscopy

Colonic Polyps Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does Patient Position During Extubation at Colonoscopy Influence the Quality of Mucosal Visualisation?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01254435
• Other study ID #: STH14709
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 0
• First received: December 3, 2010
• Last updated: December 3, 2010
• Start date: May 2009
• Est. completion date: September 2010

Study information

• Verified date: March 2009
• Source: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United Kingdom: Yorkshire and the Humber SHA
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Colonoscopy is the gold standard investigation in the screening of colorectal neoplasms. The investigators hypothesise that visualisation of the colonic mucosa on extubation may be improved by changing patient position as follows: left lateral position for the right colon, supine for the transverse colon and right lateral position for the left colon(fixed positioning). The investigators aim to validate our hypothesis by performing a randomised control study, comparing mucosal visualisation in patients placed in the 'routine' positions at the discretion of the endoscopist with visualisation in those placed in the above described positions. The hypothesis is that fixed positioning confers an advantage.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 41
• Est. completion date: September 2010
• Est. primary completion date: August 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients requiring colonoscopy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Polyp surveillance

• Cancer surveillance

• Infirmity

• Pregnancy

• Colectomy

• Poor tolerance

• Failed colonoscopy

• Poor bowel preparation

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Colonic Polyps

Intervention

Procedure:
• Colonoscopy
Recording of colonoscopic extubation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Sheffield	South Yorkshire

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundations Trust

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Mucosal visualisation	Made by video assessment of colonoscopic withdrawal	3 months	No
Primary	Luminal distension			No