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NCT Number: NCT02105025

A Novel Clinically Usable Point Score To Prejudge The Complexity Of Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy is the current common method for management of colorectal diseases, and effectiveness of colonoscopy associate with complication rate. A lot of patients were failed because of technical difficulty, those required more than 10 min to intubate the cecum are consider as difficult colonoscopy, in such condition, specialized equipment or maneuvers may be required for a successful colonoscopy. Thus, it is important to set up a clinical model to predict the technical difficulty of the examination in preoperational stage.

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Key information

Conditions

Insertion Time

Age range

18 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Endoscopic center, Xi jing Hospital of Digestive

Xi’an, Shanxi, 710032, China

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • patients aged 18-90 years old who undergoing colonoscopy without sedation

Exclusion criteria

  • no bowel preparation or colon cleansing by enema only
  • no need to reach cecum
  • prior finding of severe colon stenosis or obstructing tumour
  • history of colectomy
  • unstable hemodynamics
  • pregnant
  • unable to give informed consent

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Cecal intubation time

    Time frame: up to 4 months

    Total time of colonoscope intubation from anus to cecum.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Air Force Military Medical University, China

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Apr 7, 2014
Registry last updated
May 6, 2014

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