Colon Cleansing Quality of Polyethylene Glycol Compared With Polyethylene Glycol Plus Ascorbic Acid. (NCT02073552) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 4
Colon Cleansing Quality of Polyethylene Glycol Compared With Polyethylene Glycol Plus Ascorbic Acid.
Spain472 participantsStarted 2014-05
Plain-language summary
The purpose of the study is to assess whether a low volume polyethylene glycol (PEG) plus ascorbic acid based bowel preparation for colonoscopy is not inferior to a large volume polyethylene glycol preparation in subjects with past history of poor bowel preparation
Who can participate
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Age\> 18 years
* Outpatients with a history of past poor bowel prep, defined according to the Boston scale as a score less than 5.
* Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
paralytic ileus, intestinal obstruction, megacolon, poorly controlled hypertension (systolic pressure\> 180, dyastolic pressure\> 100), congestive heart failure, acute liver failure, end stage renal disease (dialysis or pre-dialysis), New York Heart Association class III-IV, pregnancy, diagnosis of phenylketonuria, diagnosis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, dementia. History of poor preparation in the previous colonoscopy, colon resection, less than 75% intake of the bowel preparation in the index colonoscopy, refusal to participate in the study, patients in whom a new colonoscopy is not indicated despite a poor bowel preparation(i.e. ileal Crohn disease with poor large bowel preparation), lack of compliance with the bowel preparation schedule.