Warm Water for Unsedated Colonoscopy

Valduce Hospital230 enrolled

Overview

Unsedated colonoscopy is characterized by lower costs, recovery time and incidence of drug-related side effects, although it may be painful for the patient. Based on recent reports, the investigators designed this randomized controlled trial hypothesizing that the use of water irrigation versus air insufflation during the insertion phase of colonoscopy might increase the global tolerability of the examination and the proportion of patients undergoing complete colonoscopy without sedation.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

230

Conditions

Colonoscopy

Interventions

warm water irrigationPROCEDURE

warm water irrigation during insertion phase of colonoscopy

air insufflationPROCEDURE

air insufflation during the insertion phase of colonoscopy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * adult outpatients willing to undergo colonoscopy without routine initial sedation Exclusion Criteria: * refuse to initiate colonoscopy without routine sedation * inadequate bowel preparation * incapacity to give informed consent

Locations (1)

Valduce Hospital

Como, CO, Italy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of Patients Undergoing Complete Unsedated Colonoscopy

Time frame: 6-9 months

Secondary Outcomes

Evaluation of Pain and Tolerability Scores

Entity of pain and tolerability level on a visual analogic scale (ranging from 0 - no pain, optimal tolerability - to 100 mm - worst pain ever, unbearable)

Time frame: 6-9 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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