Balloon Colonoscopy for Incomplete Colonoscopy

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Diverticulosis

In brief

Patients with a prior incomplete colonoscopy will be enrolled in this study. Patients will be randomized to either an initial repeat attempt with a standard colonoscope or the single balloon enteroscope. If the procedures is unsuccessful, the patient can be crossed-over to the other group. The primary endpoint of the study is a complete colonoscopy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00935857

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

30

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-09-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• prior colonoscopy that was incomplete within the previous 12 months or their two most recent colonoscopies (performed at any time interval) were incomplete

You may not qualify if…

• incomplete colonoscopy due only to poor bowel preparation or inadequate sedation

Where it is running

• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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