Bowel Preparation for Inpatient Colonoscopy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study will compare two strategies for bowel cleansing prior to inpatient colonoscopy:

the entire preparation taken the night before the procedure versus half the preparation taken the night before the procedure, and the other half taken the morning of the procedure.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• any diagnosis for which colonoscopy is indicated

Exclusion Criteria:

• ileus

• severe colitis/toxic megacolon

• gastric retention

• bowel perforation

• gastrointestinal obstruction

• gastroparesis that precludes oral bowel preparation

• pregnant or lactating women

• allergy to polyethylene glycol.

• unable to give consent