Bowel Cleansing for Colonoscopy: Comparison Between a Same Day Low-Volume Preparation and a Conventional 4L Split One

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The present study is intended to evaluate the effectiveness, tolerability, compliance, and feasibility of the low volume bowel preparation, bisacodyl tablets followed by 2L Polyethylene glycol (PEG) with citrate and simethicone (CS) given the same day of colonoscopy, vs the standard 4L split PEG solution.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: European Institute of Oncology
• Treatments: Bisacodyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Out-patients undergoing a complete colonoscopy

• Patient written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or lactating women or at a risk of becoming pregnant

• Known or suspected gastrointestinal obstruction or perforation; toxic megacolon; major colonic resection Known or suspected hypersensitivity to the active principle and/or formulations' ingredients