Improving Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy With a Simple Educational Card

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Colonic Polyps, Colonic Neoplasms

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether adding a simple educational card to standard pre-procedure instructions improves the quality of bowel preparation for colonoscopy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00643682

Run by

Boston Medical Center

People needed

2000

Starts

2006-02-01

Expected to finish

2009-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-10-01

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Outpatients
• 18 years old or older
• Referred and scheduled for an elective screening colonoscopy

You may not qualify if…

• Inpatients
• Prisoners
• Cognitively impaired patients
• Legally blind patients
• Patients allergic to polyethylene glycol electrolyte lavage solution

Where it is running

• Boston University Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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