Conditions: Bowel Preparation Solutions
Keywords: Golytely, Clenpiq, bowel prep
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 14
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This is a prospective randomized study which will be done at main campus Cleveland Clinic. The investigators will be comparing the colon cleansing by the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale in participants undergoing colonoscopy as an inpatient at our hospital. Participants will be randomized to the the standard of care (4 Liter polyethylene glycol based preparation) or a low volume bowel preparation (sodium picosulfate, a stimulant laxative, magnesium oxide and anhydrous citric acid (SP/MC)). Both agents will either be administered as full dose the evening before or as split-dose on the evening before and on the day of the procedure.

Detailed description:
The purpose of our study is to determine if a 4L bowel cleansing agent is more effective than a low volume bowel preparation, and if the time of dosing (single dose night before vs split dose) of the bowel preparation results in better bowel cleansing in participants undergoing colonoscopy. Eligible participants undergoing colonoscopy with conscious sedation will be randomly assigned to one of two bowel preparations and one of two dosing schemas of bowel preparation. Participants not eligible for conscious sedation and are undergoing colonoscopy with general anesthesia will be randomized only to the single dose arms of the study. Participants will complete a questionnaire while drinking the bowel preparation to determine timing and tolerability of the bowel preparation.

Arms:
arm 1: Participants in Group A will begin drinking the bowel preparation Golytely (4 liter Polyethylene glycol based preparation) at 4:00 PM on the day before colonoscopy - an 8-ounce glass of the bowel preparation every 10 minutes. Participants must finish drinking the bowel preparation by 7:00 PM, and may continue to drink clear liquids until midnight. arm 2: Participants in Group B will begin drinking the bowel preparation Golytely (4 liter Polyethylene glycol based preparation) at 4:00 PM on the day before colonoscopy - an 8-ounce glass of the bowel preparation every 10 minutes for a total of 8 glasses, and must complete drinking the bowel preparation by 5:30 PM. Participants may continue to drink clear liquids until midnight. The next day, 4 hours before the scheduled time of colonoscopy, participants will be asked to drink an 8 ounce glass of bowel preparation every ten minutes for a total of 8 glasses over no more than 1.5 hours. Participants may continue to drink clear liquids until 2 hours before the scheduled time of colonoscopy. arm 3: Participants in Group C will begin drinking the bowel preparation Clenpiq (sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, and citric acid) at 4:00 PM on the day before colonoscopy. Participants will be asked to drink 5 ounces of the bowel preparation and at least five (5) additional 8-ounce glasses of clear liquids by 9:00 PM. At 10:00 PM, participants will drink another 5 ounces of the bowel preparation, and will then be asked to drink at least three (3) additional glasses of clear liquids by midnight. arm 4: Participants in Group D will begin drinking the bowel preparation Clenpiq (sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, and citric acid) at 4:00 PM on the day before colonoscopy. Participants will be asked to drink 5 ounces of the bowel preparation and at least five (5) additional 8-ounce glasses of clear liquids by 9:00 PM, and may continue drinking clear liquids until midnight. The next day, 4 hours before the scheduled time of colonoscopy, participants will drink another 5 ounces of the bowel preparation and at least three (3) 8 ounce glasses of clear liquids within the next 2 hours. Participants may continue to drink clear liquids until 2 hours before the scheduled time of colonoscopy.

Interventions: intervention 1: Golytely intervention 2: Clenpiq
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: bowel preparation intervention 2: bowel preparation

Protocol document:
Prot_SAP_000.pdf: 
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RANDOMIZED 
COMPARISON 
OF 
THE 
IMPACT 
OF 
SODIUM 
PICOSULFATE, MAGNESIUM OXIDE AND ANHYDROUS CITRIC ACID 
VERSUS POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL BOWEL PREPARATION ON 
INPATIENT COLONOSCOPY QUALITY PARAMETERS 
 
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: 
 
CAROL BURKE, M.D. 
 
CO-INVESTIGATORS:  
 
 
ARI GARBER, M.D. 
BABAK TORABISAGVAND, MD 
MAGED K RIZK, M.D. 
GAUTAM MANKANEY, MD 
MARK MONACHESE, MD 
CAROL ROUPHAEL, MD 
NEAL MEHTA, MD 
MALAV PAKIKH 
NICHOLAS HANNON, MD 
ANDREW YOUNG, MD 
 
INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND: 
 
Effective bowel cleansing is paramount for adequate visualization of the colonic mucosa. Inadequate bowel 
preparation is reported in as high as 20-30 %1 of all outpatient procedures but it is higher in hospitalized 
patients with rates up to 50 % being reported2. Hospitalization is associated with a risk of poor bowel 
cleansing3 and leads to a prolonged length of stay and increased costs in these patients4. Improvement in 
bowel preparation quality of hospitalized patients has shown to decrease the length of stay and save more 
than $418,200 annually at a tertiary care hospital5. 
Patient tolerability of the bowel preparation agent may be an important factor affecting the quality of colon 
cleansing6. Large volume (4-liter) polyethylene glycol electrolyte solution (PEG-ELS) bowel preparation 
is safe and effective7, yet poor patient tolerability secondary to the large volume that needs to be ingested 
remains it’s Achilles’ heel8,9. Several, small volume (2-liter) bowel preparation agents are available to 
counteract this problem. Sodium picosulfate, a stimulant laxative,  magnesium oxide, and anhydrous citric 
acid (SP/MC) preparation is a 10-ounce bowel preparation which has demonstrated comparable efficacy, 
better tolerability and a lower incidence of adverse events than both 2-liter and 4-liter polyethylene glycol 
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events with SP/MC versus other FDA approved bowel preparations, strong evidence shows that ingesting 
at least half of the bowel preparation on the day of the colonoscopy, called split dosing, rather than a single 
day before dose administered the evening before the examination, not only maximizes the cleansing 
efficacy but also improves tolerability as well16,17. 
IMPACT: 
There are no studies comparing the efficacy and tolerability of small volume versus large volume bowel 
preparations in hospitalized patients. Furthermore, even though the use of split dosing has demonstrated 
higher efficacy and improved tolerability in outpatients18, there is no literature assessing the impact of split 
versus single dosing on the quality of bowel preparation in hospitalized patient undergoing colonoscopies. 
Our study aims to provide data to demonstrate that inpatients experience the same benefit of SP/MC and 
split dosing as has been noted in outpatients. 
HYPOTHESIS: 
1) SP/MC (sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, and anhydrous citric acid) bowel preparation will 
increase the proportion of inpatients with adequate bowel cleansing compared to 4-liter PEG-ELS 
bowel preparation. Split dose bowel regimens of 4-liter PEG-ELS and SP/MC will increase the 
proportion of inpatients with adequate bowel cleansing compared to a single, day before dose of 4-liter 
PEG-ELS and SP/MC. 
PRIMARY OUTCOMES: 
The primary end-point of this study will be the percentage of in-patients with “satisfactory” bowel 
cleansing. The efficacy of bowel cleansing will be measured using the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale 
(BBPS) 19, 20. The BBPS divides the colon into three segments (right, transverse and left) which are scored 
from 0 to 3 (0= colonic mucosa not seen due to solid stool that cannot be cleared, 1 = only a portion of 
mucosa of the colon segment is seen due to staining, residual stool and/or opaque liquid,  2=  minor amount 
of residual staining, small fragments of stool and/or opaque liquid, but mucosa of colon segment is seen 
well and 3 = entire mucosa of colon segment is seen well with no residual staining, small fragments of stool 
or opaque liquid). 
A total BBPS score ≥6 AND ≥ 2 in all segments of the colon will be defined as a “satisfactory bowel 
preparation”. BBPS scores of < 6 OR < 2 in any segment of the colon will be taken as “unsatisfactory 
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SECONDARY OUTCOMES: 
Secondary outcomes that will be measured are 1) tolerability of the bowel preparation assessed by a 
patient survey using a modified 5-point Likert scale, 2) percentage of patients requiring a repeat 
 procedure due to unsatisfactory bowel preparation, and 3)  percentage of patients receiving rescue 
medications including  magnesium citrate or fleets enemas.   
METHODOLOGY: 
STUDY DESIGN: 
A randomized, single-center, assessor-blinded trial will be conducted at Cleveland Clinic, a tertiary 
healthcare center in Ohio, United States. Eligible inpatients at the Cleveland Clinic scheduled for 
colonoscopy under conscious sedation or general anesthesia will be invited to participate.  
Patients eligible for conscious sedation will be randomized at a 1:1:1:1 ratio to receive 1 of the 4 proposed 
bowel preparation regimens using block randomization.  This will be done with a computer-aided system 
prior to study commencement. The four groups are as follows: 
 
Group A: 4 Liter PEG-ELS administered as a single day before dose the evening before the 
colonoscopy,     
 
Group B: 4 Liter PEG-ELS administered as a split dose the evening before and 4 hours prior to the 
colonoscopy (currently the standard to which other bowel regimens are compared21), 
 
Group C: SP/MC administered as a single day before dose the afternoon or early evening before the 
colonoscopy,  
 
Group D: SP/MC administered as a split dose the afternoon or early evening day before and 4 hours 
prior to the colonoscopy.  
Patients who require general anesthesia will be randomized at a 1:1 ratio to the single, ‘day before dose’ 
only groups for both PEG-ELS and SP/MC since the anesthesia protocol at our institution mandates strict 
enforcement of nothing per oral after midnight on the day of the procedure.  
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Group E: 4 Liter PEG-ELS administered as a single day before dose the afternoon or early evening 
before the colonoscopy,    
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Group F: SP/MC administered as a single day before dose the afternoon or early evening before the 
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All procedures will be done at the endoscopy suite on the main campus at Cleveland Clinic by a board 
certified gastroenterologist. The physician and the patients will not be blinded due to major differences 
in the volume and timing of the bowel cleansing regimens. Primary end-points of this study will be 
measured between the participants in the all 6groups. 
INCLUSION/EXCLUSION CRITERIA: 
All eligible inpatients at Cleveland Clinic older than 18 years of age scheduled for a colonoscopy will be 
invited to participate in our study. Patients will be excluded if they have/are: 
1) Creatinine clearance less than 30 ml/min,  
2) History of heart failure with current shortness of breath at rest causing limited physical activity, 
arrhythmia, unstable angina ,or acute myocardial infarction,   
3) Small bowel obstruction, ileus or bowel perforation 
4) Dementia or cognitive dysfunction to an extent that they cannot perform the study related 
documentation or consent to participate in the study, 
5) Gastroparesis, 
6) Toxic megacolon or undergoing colonoscopy for decompression, 
7) Taking oral tetracyclines, fluoroquinolones, antibiotics, iron, digoxin, chlorpromazine and 
penicillamine within 2 hours before or less than 6 hours after administration of CLENPIQ, or 
stimulant laxatives within 24 hours, 
8)   Allergy to any of the ingredients in CLENPIQ or golytely and/or 
9)   If the procedure is planned in the intensive care unit (ICU). 
A member of the study team will identify hospitalized patients who have a colonoscopy procedure 
scheduled within the next 48 hours. A member of the study team will review the patient’s electronic medical 
record to ensure that the patient is eligible to participate in the study.     
PATIENT EDUCATION: 
There is an educational initiative currently underway at Cleveland Clinic to improve the inpatient 
colonoscopy experience which will also be applicable to all the patients enrolled in our study. The initiative 
entails:  
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2) Educating the internal medicine and surgery residents who order the bulk of the inpatient colonoscopies 
(via educational posters and small didactic sessions), 
3) Educating the patients (via detailed instructional pamphlets which will be distributed on the day before 
the colonoscopy) 
Every patient who consents for inclusion in our study will also receive written instructions educating them 
about the appropriate preparation that needs to be undertaken to make their colonoscopy successful, with 
special emphasis on proper technique of the bowel cleansing process. Additionally, an investigator or study 
coordinator would be available to answer any questions that the patient might have related to the bowel 
purgatory process or the procedure itself.  
A clear liquid diet is preferred after awakening the entire day before the procedure. Patients will not be 
excluded from participating in the study if they have eaten solid food the day before the procedure.  Patients 
will be instructed to consume clear liquids (no solid food) once they begun consuming the bowel preparation 
until after their colonoscopy.  To ensure better comprehension of the patient and success of the bowel 
cleansing process, the written instructions will specify drinks that qualify as clear liquids. The patient’s in 
each group will be instructed to consume the bowel preparation agent as per their approved FDA labels. 
Administration of bowel preparations as a split dose is currently the recommendation of choice, for colonic 
cleansing prior to colonoscopy, in national guidelines (including American Society of Gastrointestinal 
Endoscopy16, American College of Gastroenterology23 and United States Multi-Society Task Force for 
colorectal cancer screening17). 
1) 4 LITER PEG-ELS GROUP (CONSCIOUS SEDATION/SINGLE DOSE DAY BEFORE): 
Group A will be instructed to drink the 4-liter PEG-ELS at rates of 8 ounces (240 ml) every 10 min the  
evening before their colonoscopy and finish drinking the bowel preparation in three hours.  They may 
continue to drink additional clear liquids until 2 hours before their colonoscopy. 
2) 4 LITER PEG-ELS GROUP (CONSCIOUS SEDATION/SPLIT DOSE): 
Group B will be instructed to complete their bowel preparation in two steps for split dosing regimen. They 
will begin drinking an 8-ounce glass of bowel preparation every 10 minutes for a total of 8 glasses (~ 2 
liters) the evening before the colonoscopy and finish drinking the bowel preparation in 1.5 hours .  They 
may continue to drink additional clear liquids.   This dosing scheme will then be repeated 4 hours before 
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minutes for a total of 8 glasses (~2 liters) and finish drinking the bowel preparation in 1.5 hours.  They may 
continue drinking additional clear liquids until 2 hours before their colonoscopy. 
3) SP/MC GROUP (CONSCIOUS SEDATION/SINGLE DOSE DAY BEFORE): 
Group C will be instructed to drink sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide and anhydrous citric acid 
(CLENPIQ) which is ready to drink and does not need to be diluted.  Patients will consume the first bottle 
of SP/MC the afternoon or evening  before their colonoscopy followed by at least five (5) 8-ounce glasses 
of clear liquids consumed at their own pace, within the next 5 hours. The patient will consume the second 
bottle of SP/MC 5 hours after beginning the first bottle followed by at least 3 8-ounce glasses of clear 
liquids within the next 2 hours..  They may continue to drink additional clear liquids until 2 hours before 
their colonoscopy.    
4) SP/MC GROUP (CONSCIOUS SEDATION/SPLIT DOSE): 
Group D will be instructed to drink sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide and anhydrous citric acid 
(CLENPIQ) which is ready to drink and does not need to be diluted.  . Patients will complete their bowel 
preparation in two steps for the split dosing regimen. Patients will consume the first bottle of SP/MC the 
afternoon or  evening before their colonoscopy followed by at least five (5) 8-ounce glasses of clear liquids  
consumed at their own pace, within the next 5 hours. Patients may continue drinking additional clear liquids. 
This dosing scheme will then be repeated 4 hours prior to their colonoscopy. Patients will consume the 
second bottle of SP/MC followed by  at least 3, 8 ounce glasses of clear liquids over the next two hours. . 
They may continue drinking additional clear liquids until 2 hours before their colonoscopy. 
5) 4 LITER PEG-ELS GROUP (GENERAL ANESTHESI/SINGLE DOSE DAY BEFORE): 
Group E will be instructed to drink the 4-liter PEG-ELS at rates of 8 ounces (240 ml) every 10 min the 
afternnoon or  evening before their colonoscopy and finish drinking the bowel preparation within 3 hours 
and no later than midnight .  They may continue to drink additional clear liquids until midnight and then 
nothing to eat or drink until after their colonoscopy.   
6) SP/MC GROUP (GENERAL ANESTHESIA/SINGLE DOSE DAY BEFORE):   
Group F will be instructed to drink sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide and anhydrous citric acid 
(CLENPIQ) which  is ready to drink and does not need to be diluted. Patients will consume the first 
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ounce glasses of clear liquid consumed at their own pace, within the next 5 hours. The patient will 
consume the second bottle of SP/MC 5 hours after beginning the first bottle followed by at least 3 
glasses of 8-ounce clear liquids which must be completed by midnight the day before the procedure.  
They may continue to drink additional clear liquids until midnight and then nothing to eat or drink until 
after their colonoscopy.   
ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT TOLERABILITY AND ADVERSE EFFECTS: 
Each patient will be provided a survey at the time of enrollment. The patients will be instructed to complete 
the survey in “real time” (as they are drinking the preparation).  The co-investigator or the study coordinator 
will collect the survey from the patient prior to receiving sedation for their colonoscopy procedure.  The 
co-investigator or study coordinator will review the survey to ensure all questions are answered.   
The purpose of the survey will be to document the following information: 
a. Demographic details (including level of education and annual income), 
b. The start time and end time of the ingestion of bowel cleansing agent,  
c. Total amount of the cleansing agent ingested (to be recorded using a visual depiction of the 
remaining bowel preparation agent in the container), 
d. Full dose of the bowel cleanser ingested (yes versus no), 
e. Details including the type and timing of symptoms encountered (nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, 
bloating, thirst, dizziness, headache or paresthesia), 
f. If any of the above-mentioned symptoms were present prior to the start of the cleansing process, 
did the use of the purgative agent make them worse (yes versus no), 
g. Ease of use based on a modified 5-point Likert scale25: “very easy,” “easy,” “tolerable,” “difficult,” 
or “very difficult” (score 5–1, respectively), 
h. Palatability based on a modified 5-point Likert scale: “very good,” “good,” “fair,” “bad,” or “worst” 
(score 5–1, respectively), – Patients who score ≥3 points in items h) and i) will be classified as the 
tolerant group. 
i. 
Willingness to use the same agent again (yes versus no), 
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Preliminary data has been gathered over the last one year at Cleveland Clinic which has shown adequate 
bowel preparation rates (as defined by the reported preparation quality of good or excellent on the Aronchik 
scale) in about 46 % of all hospitalized patients undergoing colonoscopy. Due to the educational initiative 
currently underway at our institution, we will assume that the rates of adequate bowel preparation will be 
50 % (which will be taken as the rate of adequate preparation in our control arm of the 4 L PEG-ELS). To 
demonstrate a 10 % increase in rates of adequate cleansing with the use of P/MC at a confidence level of 
95% and a power of 85 %, a sample size of at least 886 subjects would be required. Countering for a 
possible difference that may exist between our estimated and existing rates of satisfactory bowel 
preparation, we will increase the sample size by at least 10 % for a total of 1000 patients (250 patients per 
group). 
FEASIBILITY: 
A total of 1145 inpatient colonoscopies were done at Cleveland Clinic from April 2018 to April 2019, 
averaging 190 colonoscopies per month. Assuming a recruitment rate of 75 %, 12 months of recruitment 
will be needed to obtain a sample size of 1000 patients (250 per group) and complete our study.  
BOWEL PREPARATION AGENTS: 
CLENPIQ (SP/MC): 
INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS: 
The use of CLENPIQ will be studied in our project and compared to the standard of care which is golytely 
(4 L PEG-ELS). CLENPIQ is a combination of sodium picosulfate, a stimulant laxative, and magnesium 
oxide and anhydrous citric acid (SP/MC) which form magnesium citrate, an osmotic laxative, indicated for 
cleansing of the colon as a preparation for colonoscopy in adults. Contraindications to CLENPIQ use 
include 1) patients with severely reduced renal function (creatinine clearance less than 30 mL/minute) 
which may result in accumulation of magnesium, 2) gastrointestinal obstruction or ileus, 3) bowel 
perforation, 4) toxic colitis or toxic megacolon, 5) gastric retention, and 6) an allergy to any of the 
ingredients in CLENPIQ.   
ADVERSE EFFECTS: 
The safety and efficacy of CLENPIQ has been established based on adequate and well-controlled studies  
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DRUG INTERACTIONS: 
Use caution when prescribing CLENPIQ for patients with conditions or who are taking medications that 
increase the risk for fluid and electrolyte disturbances or may increase the risk of renal impairment, seizure, 
arrhythmias, and prolonged QT in the setting of fluid and electrolyte abnormalities. This includes patients 
receiving drugs which may be associated with hypokalemia (such as diuretics or corticosteroids, or drugs 
where hypokalemia is a particular risk, such as cardiac glycosides) or hyponatremia. Use of caution is also 
advised when CLENPIQ is used in patients with severe active colitis, on nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory 
drugs (NSAIDS) or drugs known to induce Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH), such as tricyclic 
antidepressants, selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, antipsychotic drugs and carbamazepine, as these 
drugs may increase the risk of water retention and/or electrolyte imbalance.  
It is important to note that oral medications administered within one hour of the start of administration of 
CLENPIQ solution may be flushed from the GI tract and the medication may not be absorbed. Tetracycline 
and fluoroquinolone antibiotics, iron, digoxin, chlorpromazine, and penicillamine, should be taken at least 
2 hours before and not less than 6 hours after administration of CLENPIQ to avoid chelation with 
magnesium. Prior or concomitant use of antibiotics with CLENPIQ may reduce the efficacy of CLENPIQ 
as conversion of sodium picosulfate to its active metabolite BHPM is mediated by colonic bacteria. 
GOLYTELY (4-LITER PEG-ELS): 
INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS: 
GOLYTELY is indicated for bowel cleansing prior to colonoscopy and barium enema X-ray examination 
in adults. It is contraindicated in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) obstruction, ileus, or gastric retention, 
bowel perforation, toxic colitis or toxic megacolon or known allergy or hypersensitivity to any component 
of golytely. 
ADVERSE EFFECTS: 
Nausea, abdominal fullness and bloating are the most common adverse reactions (occurred in up to 50% of 
patients) to the administration of golytely. Abdominal cramps, vomiting and anal irritation occurs less 
frequently. These adverse reactions are transient and usually subside rapidly. Cases of urticaria, rhinorrhea, 
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Published literature also contains isolated reports of serious adverse reactions following the administration 
of PEG-electrolyte solution products in patients over 60 years of age which include upper GI bleeding from 
Mallory-Weiss Tear, esophageal perforation, asystole, sudden dyspnea with pulmonary edema, and 
“butterfly-like” infiltrates on chest X-ray after vomiting and aspirating PEG. 
DRUG INTERACTIONS: 
Use of caution is advised when prescribing golytely for patients who are using medications that increase 
the risk for fluid and electrolyte disturbances or may increase the risk of seizures, arrhythmias, and 
prolonged QT in the setting of fluid and electrolyte abnormalities.  Oral medication administered within 
one hour of the start of administration of golytely may be flushed from the gastrointestinal tract and the 
medication may not be absorbed properly. Concurrent use of stimulant laxatives like bisacodyl or sodium 
picosulfate with golytely may increase the risk of mucosal ulceration or ischemic colitis and will be avoided. 
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: 
Descriptive data will be presented for all 4 groups; these include means ± standard deviations, median [25th, 
75th percentiles] or frequency (percent). Regression analysis will be used to assess the primary and 
secondary outcomes of interest; logistic regression will be used to model satisfactory bowel preparation 
and need of repeat procedure while proportional odds logistic regression will be used to model tolerability. 
For each model, the outcome of interest will be modeled as the dependent variable with the type of bowel 
preparation (PEG-ELS vs. SP/MC) and type of dose (single vs. split) as the independent variables; the 
interaction between these two will be tested and included in the models if p<010. SAS (version 9.4, The 
SAS Institute, Cary, NC) will be used for all analyses and a p < 0.05 will be considered statistically 
significant.  
VARIABLES TO BE STUDIED: 
 
Basic demographics: Age, sex, ethnicity, income status, BMI, educational level. 
 
Pertinent medical history: Comorbidities including history of diabetes, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, 
hypertension, thyroid disease, constipation, ASA class, opiate use, TCA use, history of IBD, poor 
preparation in previous colonoscopies (yes/no), Charleston comorbidity index, use of anti-emetics for 
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 
Procedure details: Date, indication, bowel preparation quality (reported as BPPS), type of sedation, 
start time of the procedure, the end time of the procedure, cecal intubation (yes/no), cecal intubation 
time and withdrawal time. 
DATA MANAGEMENT:  
 
Study data will be collected and managed using REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture). REDCap 
is a secure, web application designed to support data capture for research studies, providing user-
friendly web-based case report forms, real-time data entry validation (e.g. for data types and range 
checks), audit trails and a de-identified data export mechanism to common statistical packages (P/MCS, 
SAS, Stata, R/S-Plus). The system was developed by a multi-institutional consortium which includes 
Cleveland Clinic and was initiated at Vanderbilt University. The database is hosted at the Cleveland 
Clinic Datacenter. The system is protected behind a login and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption. 
There is an audit trail tracking all logins and activities in the database. Data collection is customized 
for each study or clinical trial based on a study-specific data dictionary defined by the research team 
with guidance from the REDCap administrator in Quantitative Health Sciences at the Cleveland Clinic. 
 
Any unintended data breaches will be immediately reported to the institutional IRB. Data analysis will 
be performed by a member of the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research 
Institute. 
 
In this study, no elements have been identified with foreseeable risks to participants.  A list of randomly 
generated participant numbers will be utilized for all patient identification, data collection and data 
analysis by the research team. Patients’ data will be identified by these numbers when key study 
personnel work with the data. The list linking participant numbers to patient medical record numbers 
will be stored in a secure, locked environment and will only be utilized to re-verify data. The study will 
utilize de-identified data for data analysis and reporting. 
 
Participants will be recruited for this study and will have to be able to provide consent for the 
colonoscopy procedure and for inclusion in the trial. All participants will also have to agree to complete 
the survey. Data will be collected from institutional EMR (EPIC) for details on patients’ demographics, 
laboratory results, and procedure details. This is related to customary clinical duties carried out by 
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