Safety and Efficacy of High Dose Bowel Preparation Solutions for Patients With Difficult To Clean Colons For Colonoscopy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to document the safety and effectiveness of high doses of liquids to clean the colon for colonoscopy in patients who had a previous colonoscopy with a poorly cleaned colon.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Gastroenterology Services, Ltd.
• Treatments: Cathartics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients at least 18 years old planning to undergo an elective colonoscopy will be eligible for inclusion in our study if they had a previous colonoscopy with an inadequate preparation.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who are pregnant.

• Patients with ileus, gastrointestinal obstruction, gastric retention, bowel perforation, toxic colitis or toxic megacolon would not be considered elective colonoscopies and are excluded.