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NCT00719641

Experimental Device to Improve Colonoscopy

Completed Last updated 24 March 2020
What this trial tests

trial in Colonoscopy in 42 participants. Completed in 21 September 2016.

Timeline
5 August 2008
Primary endpoint
21 September 2016
21 September 2016

Quick facts

Lead sponsorNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment42
Start date5 August 2008
Primary completion21 September 2016
Estimated completion21 September 2016
Sites1 location across United States

Conditions studied

Sponsor

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Who can join

Adults 40 to 80, any sex, with Colonoscopy or Looping. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study will test the use of a new device called a segmental stiffening wire (SSW) in colonoscopy to correct a problem called looping. Colonoscopy is the best test for detecting early colon cancer and removing growths called polyps, which can become colon cancer. Sometimes the flexible tube (colonoscope) used in the procedure loops at a certain point as it advances through the colon, making it difficult to move further and causing the patient pain from excessive stretching of the colon. The SSW is designed to prevent this by stiffening the part of the tube that would otherwise form the loop. Healthy subjects between 50 and 80 years of age and healthy subjects 40 years and older who have a family history of colon cancer may be eligible for this study. Participants undergo colonoscopy a day after self-administering a bowel cleansing preparation. The first part of the procedure is done similarly to that of a flexible sigmoidoscopy, and no sedation or pain medication is used. The colonoscope is inserted into the rectum and advanced about one-third the length of the colon. Pain or discomfort should be mild to moderate cramping and a feeling of having to move the bowels. The subject is asked to score his or her pain level at this point using a standard pain scale. If there is pain, the procedure is stopped and an x-ray is taken to determine if the colonoscope has looped. If it has, the loop is undone and the SSW is used. Another x-ray is then taken to document that the loop has been prevented with the SSW, and the procedure is completed as per standard medical practice. Subjects are taken to the recovery area, informed of the test results and then discharged home in the care of an accompanying adult.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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