Comparison Between HD+ Endoscopy and Standard Videoendoscopy in Screening Colonoscopy

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz200 enrolled

Overview

Colonoscopy is the accepted gold standard for screening of colorectal cancer. However, small and flat neoplastic lesions might be overlooked with standard video endoscopes. The new available EPKi system (Pentax, Japan) enables with HD+ imaging resolution above HDTV standard. Aim of the study was to test the efficacy of HD+ colonoscopy alone and in conjunction with I-Scan (newly developed post processing digital filter)in comparison to standard videoendoscopy

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

200

Conditions

Polyps Neoplasia

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Consecutive patients scheduled for screening colonoscopy Exclusion Criteria: * Inflammatory bowel disease * Cancer * Pregnancy * Inability to obtain informed consent * Prothrombin time \< 50% of control * Partial thromboplastin time \> 50 seconds

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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