Water Immersion and Polyp Detection: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Status:	Active, not recruiting
Conditions:	Colorectal Cancer, Lymphoma
Therapuetic Areas:	Oncology
Healthy:	No
Age Range:	50 - Any
Updated:	6/21/2018
Start Date:	March 1, 2017
End Date:	August 31, 2018

We plan to conduct a randomized trial of tandem colonoscopies comparing water infusion and
air insufflation for inspection of mucosa on withdrawal. In one randomized group, water
infusion will be employed as the first method for mucosal inspection while in a second group,
CO2 insufflation will be used first. This study will be different than usual care since the
participants will receive two successive or tandem colonoscopies versus one

Inclusion Criteria:

- all adults 50 years or older who present for colonoscopy at White River Junction VAMC
and Indiana University

Exclusion Criteria:

- includes co-morbid status of ASA III or higher, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD),
surgical resection of the large bowel, as well as the use of anticoagulants. Finally,
potential subjects who do not report a clear effluent in the most recent bowel
movement will be excluded from the study.

We found this trial at

sites

University of Connecticut Health Center

263 Farmington Ave
Farmington, Connecticut 06030

(860) 679-2000