Yield and Safety of Colonoscopy in Patients Older Than 80 Years

Completed

Conditions studied: Colorectal Neoplasms

In brief

The aim of the study is to study the risk of colorectal cancer and polyps in people older than 80 years compared to the younger age group. The researchers hypothesized that colonoscopy in older people is likely to have more complications without detection of a significant number of large polyps and cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00590434

Run by

Midwest Biomedical Research

People needed

169

Starts

2006-08-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-10-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients presenting for colonoscopy after 1997
• Age 80 or older for the study group
• Age 50-79 for the control group
• Indications for colonoscopy:
• Average risk screening for CRC
• Surveillance of polyps (tubular adenomas)

You may not qualify if…

• Any colonoscopy done for symptoms (abdominal pain, weight loss, hematochezia, occult blood in stool, etc) or signs (iron deficiency anemia)
• Patients who are not average risk based on family history of CRC
• Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis or Crohn's Disease
• History of CRC
• Exams that were not completed to the cecum (except in cases of obstructing masses found to be neoplastic) or poor bowel preparation limiting visualization of the mucosa

Where it is running

• Kansascity VA Medical center — Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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