Impact of Low Fiber Diet on Colonic Cleansing Quality (DIETPREP)

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a single center randomized controlled trial to compare bowel cleansing for outpatient colonoscopy in two groups of participants: one group will receive instructions of one-day structured low fiber diet whilst the other group will receive three-day low fiber diet.

Both groups will receive the same bowel cleansing solution (polyethylene glycol plus ascorbic acid). Bowel cleansing will be assessed according the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Universitario de Canarias
• Treatments: Ascorbic Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ≥ 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with previous colon surgery

• Last colonoscopy with poor bowel preparation

• Ileus, intestinal obstruction, megacolon

• Poorly controlled hypertension (HTAS> 180 HTAD> 100)

• Terminal renal failure (pre-dialysis or dialysis)

• Congestive heart failure (NYHA III-IV)

• Acute liver failure

• Severe psychiatric illness

• Dementia with difficulty in the intake of the preparation

• Pregnancy or breastfeeding

• Phenylketonuria

• Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

• Refusal to participate in the study

• Inability to follow the instructions