Same-day, Reduced Volume Bowel Preparation

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2011-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

We seek to evaluate whether a same day, reduced liquid volume (2liters) polyethylene glycol (PEG-ELS) bowel preparation can achieve adequate colon cleansing in patients scheduled for afternoon colonoscopies. The primary outcome will be adequacy of the bowel preparation. Secondary outcomes will include Boston Bowel Preparation Scale score, patient compliance with completing the preparation, tolerability of the preparation, willingness to repeat the preparation, side effects, duration of procedure (endoscope insertion and withdrawal times), and polyp detection.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Boston Medical Center
• Treatments: Bisacodyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• English speaking patients referred for colonoscopy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age < 18,

• Pregnancy,

• History of bowel resection,

• Allergy to PEG-ELS, and

• Inability to provide informed consent.