Automated Telephone Reminder for Colonoscopy

Polyps Clinical Trial

Official title:

Automated Telephone Reminder Prior to Outpatient Colonoscopy and the Effect on Bowel Preparation Quality

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02478918
• Other study ID #: 6013364
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 18, 2015
• Last updated: February 14, 2017
• Start date: June 2015
• Est. completion date: May 15, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: February 2017
• Source: Queen's University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a quality improvement study to determine the impact of an automated telephone reminder on the quality of bowel preparation in patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy.

Description:

Randomized trial of automated reminders with bowel prep instructions and encouraging clear fluid ingestion. The phone calls will occur 48-96 hours prior to the scheduled colonoscopy.

All patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy and prescribed sodium picosulfate plus magnesium citrate will be eligible for enrollment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 234
• Est. completion date: May 15, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: May 15, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patients

• Scheduled for outpatient colonoscopy at a later date

• Prescribed evening-before or split-dose low volume preparation regimens

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal to receive automated telephone reminder

• No access to telephone

• Urgent/emergent indication for colonoscopy

• Prescribed a bowel prep other than Pico-Salax/Purgodan

• Receiving upper and lower combined procedure

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Polyps

Intervention

Other:
• Phone call
Automated phone call reminder

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Hotel Dieu Hospital	Kingston	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Queen's University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (10)

Abuksis G, Mor M, Segal N, Shemesh I, Morad I, Plaut S, Weiss E, Sulkes J, Fraser G, Niv Y. A patient education program is cost-effective for preventing failure of endoscopic procedures in a gastroenterology department. Am J Gastroenterol. 2001 Jun;96(6):1786-90. — View Citation

Calderwood AH, Lai EJ, Fix OK, Jacobson BC. An endoscopist-blinded, randomized, controlled trial of a simple visual aid to improve bowel preparation for screening colonoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2011 Feb;73(2):307-14. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.10.013. — View Citation

Liu X, Luo H, Zhang L, Leung FW, Liu Z, Wang X, Huang R, Hui N, Wu K, Fan D, Pan Y, Guo X. Telephone-based re-education on the day before colonoscopy improves the quality of bowel preparation and the polyp detection rate: a prospective, colonoscopist-blinded, randomised, controlled study. Gut. 2014 Jan;63(1):125-30. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-304292. — View Citation

Modi C, Depasquale JR, Digiacomo WS, Malinowski JE, Engelhardt K, Shaikh SN, Kothari ST, Kottam R, Shakov R, Maksoud C, Baddoura WJ, Spira RS. Impact of patient education on quality of bowel preparation in outpatient colonoscopies. Qual Prim Care. 2009;17(6):397-404. — View Citation

Ness RM, Manam R, Hoen H, Chalasani N. Predictors of inadequate bowel preparation for colonoscopy. Am J Gastroenterol. 2001 Jun;96(6):1797-802. — View Citation

Rostom A, Jolicoeur E. Validation of a new scale for the assessment of bowel preparation quality. Gastrointest Endosc. 2004 Apr;59(4):482-6. Erratum in: Gastrointest Endosc. 2004 Aug;60(2):326. — View Citation

Shaikh AA, Hussain SM, Rahn S, Desilets DJ. Effect of an educational pamphlet on colon cancer screening: a randomized, prospective trial. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Apr;22(4):444-9. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328333fca6. — View Citation

Shieh TY, Chen MJ, Chang CW, Hung CY, Hu KC, Kuo YC, Shih SC, Wang HY. Effect of physician-delivered patient education on the quality of bowel preparation for screening colonoscopy. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2013;2013:570180. doi: 10.1155/2013/570180. — View Citation

Spiegel BM, Talley J, Shekelle P, Agarwal N, Snyder B, Bolus R, Kurzbard N, Chan M, Ho A, Kaneshiro M, Cordasco K, Cohen H. Development and validation of a novel patient educational booklet to enhance colonoscopy preparation. Am J Gastroenterol. 2011 May;106(5):875-83. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2011.75. — View Citation

Tae JW, Lee JC, Hong SJ, Han JP, Lee YH, Chung JH, Yoon HG, Ko BM, Cho JY, Lee JS, Lee MS. Impact of patient education with cartoon visual aids on the quality of bowel preparation for colonoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Oct;76(4):804-11. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.05.026. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Ottawa preparation scale score	measures the cleanliness of each part of the colon and the overall fluid volume as assessed by the endoscopist	Immediately after procedure
Secondary	Number of glasses of fluid consumed pre-colonoscopy		24 hours