CompletedNot Applicable

Cap Assisted Colonoscopy Enhances Quality Based Competency in Colonoscopy Among Trainees

United States219 participantsStarted 2015-07

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to identify if performing diagnostic colonoscopy with a small plastic cap attached to the camera will improve performance of colonoscopies by physician trainees.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 90 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All patients undergoing colonoscopy by a novice endoscopist Exclusion Criteria: * Age less than 18 years or greater than 90 years. * Pregnancy. * Prior surgical resection of colon or rectum. * Known obstructing colorectal tumors. * Severe hematochezia. * Diverticulitis within 1 month of procedure. * Clinical or radiological evidence of colonic obstruction or megacolon within 1 month of procedure. * Referral for endoscopic mucosal resection. * Unsedated colonoscopies. * Colonoscopies abandoned due to inadequate bowel prep or colonoscopies with Boston bowel prep score \< 3.

What they're measuring

Number of Participants That Successfully Reached the Cecum Within 30 Minutes of Insertion

Timeframe: Each outcome measured during a complete colonoscopy. All colonoscopies performed during the initial 3 months of a 12 month training program

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02472730

SponsorBaylor College of Medicine

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2015-09

Results submitted2020-01-21

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