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Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

NCT number NCT02217085
Other study ID # RSA-RTSC 2014
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date May 2014
Est. completion date June 30, 2022

Study information

Verified date August 2022
Source Rush University Medical Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the best way to ensure that polyps are completely removed by evaluating the borders of the removed polyp. If a polyp is found that meets the size requirements for the study, the investigators will take extra biopsies of the margin to determine if there is any abnormal tissue or cancer at these borders.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 288
Est. completion date June 30, 2022
Est. primary completion date June 30, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 40 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Age 40-80 Exclusion Criteria: - Coagulopathy (international normalized ratio >2) - Inflammatory bowel disease or other active colitides - Polyps of index colonoscopy that were felt not to be completely resected or pedunculated - Familial adenomatous polyposis or hereditary polyposis - Potential hereditary cancer syndrome (Lynch Syndrome)

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Locations

Country Name City State
United States Rush University Medical Center Chicago Illinois

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Rush University Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary The incomplete resection rates in polyps from Group 1 (clear margins) versus Group 2 (positive margins). Define the frequency of free margins versus margins that have dysplasia to the cautery site in snare polypectomy. A free margin is defined as uninvolved or normal mucosa extending to the cautery margin at the polypectomy stalk. Between 3-6 months