Assessment of Combined Bowel Preparation for Capsule Endoscopy Study

Phase 1 Completed 50 enrolled Mayo Clinic

RandomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindDiagnostic

Summary

The investigators are conducting a study to see if taking a bowel preparation before having a capsule endoscopy is more helpful than the standard preparation of not eating after 7 PM the night before a capsule endoscopy in making it easier to see the small bowel in order to find the source of gastrointestinal bleeding.

Timeline

Start: 2010-04
Primary completion: 2013-11
Completion: 2013-11

Publications

Hansel SL, Murray JA, Alexander JA, Bruining DH, Larson MV, Mangan TF, Dierkhising RA, Almazar AE, Rajan E. Evaluating a combined bowel preparation for small-bowel capsule endoscopy: a prospective randomized-controlled study. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2019 Oct 19;8(1):31-35. doi: 10.1093/gastro/goz054. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Comparator	Metoclopramide	Small molecule	5 mg	Oral
Comparator	Simethicone	Other / unclassified	5 ml	Oral
Comparator	polyethylene glycol	Other / unclassified	2000 ml	Oral

Indications

No indication recorded.