Study of AQUAVAN® Injection (AQUAVAN; Fospropofol Disodium) for Sedation During Colonoscopy
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2005-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Very often, patients receive sedative medication before a diagnostic, therapeutic, or
surgical procedure to help them relax, keep them calm, and to relieve them from pain. This is
called procedural sedation. During procedural (mild to moderate) sedation, a patient is first
given a pain-relief medication (analgesic) and then a medication to help him/her relax and
keep him/her calm (sedative). Propofol is the drug commonly used for sedation because it
releases immediately into the blood stream and causes fast sedation. AQUAVAN (fospropofol
disodium) is made as a slow release version of propofol, allowing for fast sedation and
possibly faster recovery and discharge.
This study is intended to compare several different doses of AQUAVAN in patients having a
colonoscopy in order to find the right dose that will get patients to a level of mild to
moderate (procedural) sedation.