Gatorade/Miralax With or Without Bisacodyl Versus NuLytely for Colonoscopy Preparation

Phase 4 Completed 600 enrolled Gastroenterology Services, Ltd.

RandomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare Nulytely (or Trilyte) with a Gatorade and Miralax combination for cleaning out the colon before colonoscopy. A laxative pill called Bisacodyl may also be used with the Gatorade and Miralax to see if it helps with the clean out process. We are trying to find out if either of these methods is more acceptable to the patient and does a better job cleaning out the colon for a colonoscopy.

Timeline

Start: 2010-02
Primary completion: 2011-02
Completion: 2011-02

Publications

Results Gerard DP, Holden JL, Foster DB, Raiser MW. Randomized Trial of Gatorade/Polyethylene Glycol With or Without Bisacodyl and NuLYTELY for Colonoscopy Preparation. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2012 Jun 21;3(6):e16. doi: 10.1038/ctg.2012.11.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Bisacodyl	Small molecule	10 mg	Oral
Comparator	NuLYTELY	Unknown	128 unknown	Oral
Subject	polyethylene glycol	Other / unclassified	306 g	Oral

Indications

No indication recorded.