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NCT Number: NCT03115008

Improving Competency and Metrics for PoLypectomy Skills Using Evaluation Tools and VidEo Feedback (COMPLETE)

I plan to investigate the value of video-based feedback in endoscopic training - specifically, the role of terminal video feedback as compared to usual concurrent feedback on cold snare polypectomy technique in trainees, using Direct Observation of Polypectomy Skills (DOPyS) competency score. I have focused the study on the competency of cold snare polypectomy for subcentimeter polyps. The majority (>75%) of colon polyps are smaller than one centimeter. Cold snare polypectomy has been shown, and recommended by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), to be an effective removal technique. However, its widespread use and moreover, its teaching to trainees is lacking. It takes time and resources to learn and teach endoscopic techniques. Our study will hope to identify a mechanism through video-based feedback that could help to improve the translation of the training of polypectomy skills to its actual performance, and to accelerate the learning curve.

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Key information

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer Colonic Diseases Colorectal Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms Gastrointestinal Diseases Gastrointestinal Neoplasms Intestinal Diseases Intestinal Neoplasms Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Rectal Diseases

Age range

25 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

San Francisco VA Medical Center

San Francisco, California, 94121, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants: Senior level UCSF gastroenterology trainees (2nd and 3rd year GI fellows) rotating at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC).
  • Patients undergoing elective routine colonoscopy procedure.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants: Junior level University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) gastroenterology trainees (1st year GI fellows) rotating at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and senior level trainees who are not rotating at the SFVAMC.
  • Patients: Patients undergoing undergoing emergency colonoscopy procedure.

Treatment and study plan

Video-based terminal feedback

Behavioral

Terminal feedback is given after skill performance using video-based coaching coupled with a validated polypectomy assessment tool

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of polypectomies for gastroenterology trainees to achieve competency

    Time frame: 2 years

    Observing cold snare polypectomy of polyps <1cm as assessed by DOPyS (score greater or equal to 3)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Fed

Collaborators

  • Colorado Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute
  • University of Colorado, Denver
  • University of Kansas Medical Center

Registry information

Official study title

Training for COMPLETE Polyp Resection During Colonoscopy -Improving Competency and Metrics for PoLypectomy Skills Using Evaluation Tools and VidEo Feedback

Acronym: COMPLETE

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Apr 14, 2017
Registry last updated
Nov 5, 2020

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