Clinical trial NCT00748293: Achievement of Better Examinee Compliance on Colon Cleansing Using Commercialized Low-Residue Diet
Official title: Achievement of Better Examinee Compliance on Colon Cleansing Before Colonoscopy Without Sacrificing Cleansing Effect - A Multi-Center Endoscopist-Blinded Randomized Trial Using Commercialized Low-Residue Diet
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Colonoscopy
Colon Cleansing
Low-Reside Diet
Keywords: Colonoscopy
Colon cleansing
Low-reside diet
Compliance
PEG-ELS
Lead sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Taipei Medical University Hospital
name: E-DA Hospital
name: Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
name: En Chu Kong Hospital
First posted: 2008-09-08
Enrollment: 224
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: DIAGNOSTIC

Brief summary: Good colon cleansing is pivotal for achieving speedy and safe colonoscopic examination with high adenoma detection rate.Previous studies, including our previous RCT conducted in 2004 to 2005, have demonstrated that high yield rate can be achieved by on-the-day colon preparation with 2000 ml PEG-ELS. Poor patient compliance, however, is the main hurdle to complete ingestion of 2000 ml PEG-ELS not only for subjects with lower body weight but also for those with normal BMI or body weight.The main cause of poor patient compliance includes abdominal pain, bloating, nausea or vomiting during ingestion of cleansing fluid.Though diet restriction with low-fiber diet is always advised to every screen before colonoscopy, the extent of diet restriction is widely variable and thus influences the degree of colon cleansing.

With commercialized low-residue diet (CLRD), diet restriction will be well controlled and variability of colon cleansing can be minimized such that guarantee a colonoscopy with good quality. In this RCT, we will compare the compliance of screen during colon cleansing using different protocol: namely 2000 ml PEG-ELS vs. 1500 ml plus low-residue diet.

Detailed description: Setting: A multi-center study including the following teaching hospitals:

National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Taipei En Chu Kong Hospital, Taipei Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei

Study design: RCT, single blinded

Study subjects:

Inclusion criteria: Subjects who receives colonoscopy for screening or for clinical purpose Exclusion criteria: Subjects with polyposis, ileus, active GI bleeding, IBD, severe constipation, renal insufficiency, obesity with BMI≥30

Grouping: subjects will be randomized to the following groups:

1. Group A: 2000 ml PEG-ELS
2. Group B: 1500ml PEG-ELS with CLRD Randomization process: Random block sheet

Measurements:

1. Subjects who obey protocol or violate/withdraw protocol will be all recorded.
2. Parameters concerning patient compliance
3. Number of detected adenoma and their topographical distribution
4. Time required for A. Cecal intubation B. Overall procedure time
5. Colon cleansing effect evaluation

The degree of cleansing will be recorded individually for each bowel segment (rectum, sigmoid colon, descending colon, transverse colon, and ascending colon). Each segment will be rated using a 5-point scale: 4, very good-colon empty and clean; 3, good-presence of clear liquid in the gut; 2, moderate-presence of brown liquid or small amounts of semisolid residual stool, fully removable by suction or displaceable, thus allowing a complete visualization of the underlying mucosa; 1, bad-presence of semisolid stool, only partially removable with a risk of incomplete underlying mucosal visualization; and 0, very bad-presence of semisolid or solid stool, colonoscopy incomplete or has to be stopped. The overall quality of colonic cleansing will be based on the assessment of the individual segments using a scale of A, all segments clean (i.e., scores of 3 or 4 in all segments); B, residual brown liquid or suctionable semisolid stool (i.e., a score of 2) in at least one segment; C, partially removable stool preventing complete visualization of mucosa (i.e., a score of 1) in at least one segment; or D, at least one segment can not be examined due to the presence of solid stool (i.e., a score of 0). A grade of either A or B was defined, a priori, as successful colon cleansing.

Sample size estimation:

Assuming 80% power and significance level at 0.05, totally at least 112 cases will be required for each group (assuming 90% cases in 2000 ml achieving good or excellent preparation and 76% of 1500mL plus low-residue diet achieving the same cleansing effect).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Subjects who receives colonoscopy for screening or for clinical purpose

Exclusion Criteria:

* Subjects with polyposis, ileus, active GI bleeding, IBD, severe constipation, renal insufficiency, obesity with BMI≥30

Primary outcomes:
measure: Colon cleansing level
timeFrame: At the timing of colonoscopy
Secondary outcomes:
measure: adenoma detection rate
timeFrame: At the timing of colonoscopy
measure: Cecal intubation time
timeFrame: At the timing of colonoscopy
measure: Patient compliance including abdominal symptoms during colon cleansing, bowel movement on the way to hospital
timeFrame: -2hr
measure: Whole procedural time
timeFrame: At the timing of colonoscopy
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kaohsiung
country: Taiwan
facility: E-DA Hospital
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: En Chu Kong Hospital
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: National Taiwan University Hospital
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: Taipei Medical University Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: National Taiwan University Hospital
name: Han-Mo Chiu, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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