Bowel cleansing prior to colonoscopy is crucial to be able to perform a high-quality examination. Therefore maximum efforts are made to achieve optimal bowel cleansing including diet restriction and refraining from day-before dinner. However, the effect of this interdiction is currently not clear. On the other hand, patient compliance and experience with the entire procedure is important, especially for follow-up colonoscopies. Strict diets may interfere with this as an additional burden on the patient. In this study we want to assess whether a more lenient diet influences the quality of bowel preparation and whether it improves patient's experience.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
525
The interventional goup receives the lenient diet instructions and will eat a light meal until 18h on the day before the colonoscopy. The first dose of Plenvu will be started at 20h. All the other bowel preparation instructions will be the same as in the control group.
UZ Leuven
Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Number of patients with an adequate bowel preparation (BBPS ≥6, and no segmental subscore ≤1)
Time frame: Max 12 weeks
Number of patients with an optimal bowel preparation (BBPS 8-9)
Time frame: Max 12 weeks
Detection rates
Adenoma Detection Rate (ADR), Polyp Detection Rate (PDR), Serrated Polyp Detection Rate (SPDR), Advanced Adenoma Detection Rate (aADR)
Time frame: Max 12 weeks
Number of patients with high-quality right sided colon preparation (subscore = 3)
Time frame: Max 12 weeks
Overall patient's tolerance, adherence and satisfaction based on the patient's diary
Time frame: Max 12 weeks
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