Effect of Simethicone on Screening Colonoscopy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-04-10
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study is evaluating the effect of adding a high dose of simethicone to the standard polyethylene glycol preparation for screening colonoscopy in the quality of the preparation , adenoma detection rate and withdrawal times.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso
• Treatments: Pharmaceutical Solutions; Simethicone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients between the ages of 30-80 scheduled for screening colonoscopy.

2. Male and female patients

3. Ambulatory patients

4. Signed informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Previous colonic surgery

2. Patient with mental/physical condition that impairs oral ingestion of preparation

3. Allergy or hypersensitivity to simethicone

4. Patients with limited mobility (bedridden patients)

5. Patients with gastrointestinal obstruction

6. Patients with gastroparesis