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Colonoscopic examinations are performed routinely in hospitalized patients for a variety of indications. However, numerous limitations exist in hospitalized patients preventing an endoscopist from performing high quality examinations; possibly necessitating repeated procedures leading to increased cost and re-exposure to their inherent risks. One such prominent challenge lays in the adequacy of bowel cleansing. Inpatient status has been shown to be a predictor of poor bowel preparation as these patients are older, less mobile and have more co morbidities than the outpatient population. Currently, no standardized (or optimized) bowel preparation type or regimen for administration exists for the hospital inpatient population undergoing colonoscopy. Studies in the outpatient population have demonstrated that timing and choice of cathartic medication effects the cleanliness of the bowel preparation but there is no such clinical evidence for in-patients who receive whatever cathartic agent is on hospital formulary. The purpose of the study is compare efficacy, patient satisfaction, and adverse effects associated with low volume cathartic (Pico-Salax) to the current standard volume 4 liter (PEG-Lyte) and the effect of alternate timing of dosages.


Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT01627171
Study type Interventional
Source St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Contact Lisa Balogh Melanson, BSc
Phone 905-522-1155
Email lbalogh@stjosham.on.ca
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 4
Start date September 2012
Completion date December 2013

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