Testing How Well Magnesium Citrate Capsules Work as Preparation for a Colonoscopy
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Gastrointestinal |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Gastroenterology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 3/3/2019 |
| Start Date: | September 26, 2017 |
| End Date: | September 2019 |
| Contact: | Ethan Dubin, MD |
| Email: | ethandubin@yahoo.com |
| Phone: | 4103562306 |
Efficacy of Magnesium Citrate Capsules in Colonoscopy Preparation: A Randomized, Investigator-blinded Non-inferiority Trial Using Polyethylene Glycol as the Active Control.
This study compares a colonoscopy preparation composed of magnesium citrate capsules to a
preparation of polyethylene glycol solution. The hypothesis is that the magnesium citrate
capsules work as well and are better liked by patients due to the lack of taste.
preparation of polyethylene glycol solution. The hypothesis is that the magnesium citrate
capsules work as well and are better liked by patients due to the lack of taste.
Inclusion Criteria:
- • Scheduled for colonoscopy at Sinai Hospital or Woodholme GI Associates
Exclusion Criteria:
- • Calculated creatinine clearance under 30ml/min
- On PPI and unable to stop for five days before colonoscopy
- On H2 blockers and unable to stop for two days before colonoscopy
- achlorhydria
- Previous colon surgery
- Cardiovascular disease, including uncontrolled congestive heart failure, unstable
angina pectoris, or recent (3 months) percutaneous transluminal coronary
angioplasty, myocardial infarction, or coronary artery bypass graft surgery
- Colon disease, including chronic constipation (<2 bowel movements per week for >1
year), ileus and/or acute obstruction, ileostomy, right or transverse colostomy,
subtotal colectomy (≥50% of colon removed) with ileosigmoidostomy, hypomotility
syndrome, megacolon, or idiopathic pseudo-obstruction
- Pregnant women
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