Clinical Study of Real Time Colorectal Polyp Diagnosis During Colonoscopy - the VALID Colonoscopy Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Colorectal Neoplasm, Colonic Polyps

In brief

The investigators hypothesize that high definition colonoscopy with close focus narrow band imaging features has a high diagnostic accuracy for colorectal polyp histology, and can replace formal pathologic assessment in cases of high diagnostic confidence.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01288833

Run by

VA Palo Alto Health Care System

People needed

558

Starts

2011-03-01

Expected to finish

2015-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-06-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients referred for routine colonoscopy

You may not qualify if…

• Known inflammatory bowel disease
• Personal or family history of polyposis or non-polyposis syndrome
• Presentation for emergency endoscopy
• Inability to remove polyp due to coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia
• Inability to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• Veterans Affairs Palo Alto — Palo Alto, California, United States
• Veterans Affairs Kansas City — Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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