Fentanyl in Colonoscopy

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Colonoscopy may be an unpleasant procedure. Sedation and/or analgesics is therefore routinely administered in most countries. In Norway, however, routine sedation is rare, and medication is normally given on demand, that is, if necessary during the procedure. The investigators want to evaluate whether the effect of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid with fast onset of action, is better given before the procedure than during the procedure.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Sorlandet Hospital HF
• Treatments: Fentanyl

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18-75

• Referred for out-patient colonoscopy

Exclusion Criteria:

• ASA-score 3 or higher

• Same day upper endoscopy

• Pregnancy

• Pacemaker

• Patient require medication before colonoscopy

• Previous resection of colon or rectum

• Significant psychiatric morbidity

• Oxygen saturation < 95% without supplementary oxygen

• Contra indications to fentanyl

• Inability to sign inform consent

• Inability to understand information about the trial