Cold Snare Polypectomy Versus Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Colonic Sessile Serrated Polyps (NCT02967107) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Cold Snare Polypectomy Versus Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for Colonic Sessile Serrated Polyps
Australia474 participantsStarted 2016-06
Plain-language summary
Comparing the efficacy of cold snare polypectomy with endoscopic mucosal resection
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* \- Patients able to give informed consent to involvement in trial. For patients who do not speak English, an interpreter will be asked to translate the informed consent
* Patients referred to Westmead and Auburn Hospital Endoscopy Unit for a colonoscopy for all indications
* Age \> 18 years
* At least one SSP 8-20 mm beyond the rectosigmoid junction without any endoscopic features of malignancy
* At least one SSP 8-20 mm beyond the rectosigmoid junction that according to the proceduralist, can be removed safely using either CSP or EMR
Exclusion Criteria:
* Current use of antiplatelets (excluding aspirin) or anticoagulants which have not appropriately been interrupted according to the guidelines \[21\]
* Known coagulopathy
* Pregnancy
* If any doubt about the morphology of the polyp, the patient will be excluded from the study
What they're measuring
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Number of participants with residual or recurrent adenoma as assessed at surveillance endoscopy