Improvement of Tolerance of Bowel Cleansing Before Colonoscopy in Diabetic Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-01-26
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This trial will compare the tolerance to 2 different methods for colon cleansing before colonoscopy in diabetic patients.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Parc de Salut Mar
• Collaborator: Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital
• Treatments: Ascorbic Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients scheduled for a diagnostic, screening or follow-up outpatient colonoscopy

• Diabetes mellitus (being treated with insulin or any oral agent).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unwillingness to participate.

• Hospital admission at the time of colonoscopy.

• Inability to follow instructions

• Active inflammatory bowel disease

• Previous colectomy.

• Incomplete colonoscopies due to technical reasons or contraindication for the procedure as evaluated by the endoscopist