Overview

Simethicone and Bowel Preparation in Colonoscopy

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2017-11-26

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

This Clinical Trial is being conducted to study the effect of oral simethicone on the presence of bubbles during colonoscopy. The purpose of this study is to find out what effects (good and bad) the addition of oral simethicone to bowel preparation has on the ability to visualize the colon mucosa (bowel) during colonoscopy.

Phase:

Phase 4

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

Lead Sponsor:

University of Manitoba

Treatments:

Simethicone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients receiving colonoscopy who are within 30km of Brandon Manitoba and no other
exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

- inability to provide informed consent, under 18 years old, inpatient, pregnancy, known
hypersensitivity to simethicone, or excessive language barriers.