Premedication With Simethicone or Simethicone Plus N-acetylcysteine in Improving Visibility During Upper Endoscopy

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether premedication with Simethicone or Simethicone plus N-acetylcysteine are effective improving visibility during Upper endoscopy compared with use of water or no preparation.

Timeline

Start

2012-07

Primary completion

2013-10

Completion

2013-11

Publications

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• Results McColl KE. Screening for early gastric cancer. Gut. 2005 Jun;54(6):740-2. doi: 10.1136/gut.2004.058461. No abstract available.
• Results Tashiro A, Sano M, Kinameri K, Fujita K, Takeuchi Y. Comparing mass screening techniques for gastric cancer in Japan. World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Aug 14;12(30):4873-4. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i30.4873.
• Results Everett SM, Axon AT. Early gastric cancer: disease or pseudo-disease? Lancet. 1998 May 2;351(9112):1350-2. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(98)04365-7. No abstract available.
• Results Ono H, Kondo H, Gotoda T, Shirao K, Yamaguchi H, Saito D, Hosokawa K, Shimoda T, Yoshida S. Endoscopic mucosal resection for treatment of early gastric cancer. Gut. 2001 Feb;48(2):225-9. doi: 10.1136/gut.48.2.225.
• Results Chavez Rossell M. [Endoscopic treatment of early gastric cancer: from Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) to Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD)]. Rev Gastroenterol Peru. 2005 Jan-Mar;25(1):76-92. Spanish.
• Results Federation nationale des centres de lutte contre le cancer. [Recommendations for clinical practice: 2004 Standards, Options and Recommendations for management of patients with adenocarcinomas of the stomach (excluding cardial and other histological forms of cancer) Federation nationale des centres de lutte contre le cancer]. Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2005 Jan;29(1):41-55. doi: 10.1016/s0399-8320(05)80692-x. No abstract available. French.
• Results Yoon H, Kim N, Lee HS, Shin CM, Park YS, Lee DH, Park DJ, Kim HH, Jung HC. Effect of endoscopic screening at 1-year intervals on the clinicopathologic characteristics and treatment of gastric cancer in South Korea. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 May;27(5):928-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2011.07038.x.
• Results Bhandari P, Green S, Hamanaka H, Nakajima T, Matsuda T, Saito Y, Oda I, Gotoda T. Use of Gascon and Pronase either as a pre-endoscopic drink or as targeted endoscopic flushes to improve visibility during gastroscopy: a prospective, randomized, controlled, blinded trial. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2010 Mar;45(3):357-61. doi: 10.3109/00365520903483643.
• Results McDonald GB, O'Leary R, Stratton C. Pre-endoscopic use of oral simethicone. Gastrointest Endosc. 1978 Nov;24(6):283. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5107(78)73542-x. No abstract available.
• Results Banerjee B, Parker J, Waits W, Davis B. Effectiveness of preprocedure simethicone drink in improving visibility during esophagogastroduodenoscopy: a double-blind, randomized study. J Clin Gastroenterol. 1992 Oct;15(3):264-5. No abstract available.
• Results McNally PR, Maydonovitch CL, Wong RK. The effectiveness of simethicone in improving visibility during colonoscopy: a double-blind randomized study. Gastrointest Endosc. 1988 May-Jun;34(3):255-8. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5107(88)71324-3.
• Results Tongprasert S, Sobhonslidsuk A, Rattanasiri S. Improving quality of colonoscopy by adding simethicone to sodium phosphate bowel preparation. World J Gastroenterol. 2009 Jun 28;15(24):3032-7. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3032.
• Results Albert J, Gobel CM, Lesske J, Lotterer E, Nietsch H, Fleig WE. Simethicone for small bowel preparation for capsule endoscopy: a systematic, single-blinded, controlled study. Gastrointest Endosc. 2004 Apr;59(4):487-91. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5107(04)00003-3.
• Results Fang YH, Chen CX, Zhang BL. Effect of small bowel preparation with simethicone on capsule endoscopy. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B. 2009 Jan;10(1):46-51. doi: 10.1631/jzus.B0820148.
• Results Chang CC, Chen SH, Lin CP, Hsieh CR, Lou HY, Suk FM, Pan S, Wu MS, Chen JN, Chen YF. Premedication with pronase or N-acetylcysteine improves visibility during gastroendoscopy: an endoscopist-blinded, prospective, randomized study. World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jan 21;13(3):444-7. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i3.444.
• Results Kuo CH, Sheu BS, Kao AW, Wu CH, Chuang CH. A defoaming agent should be used with pronase premedication to improve visibility in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Endoscopy. 2002 Jul;34(7):531-4. doi: 10.1055/s-2002-33220.
• Results Sanchez del Rio A, Alarcon Fernandez O, Baudet JS, Sainz Menendez Z, Socas Mendez M. Reliability of the Spanish version of a brief questionnaire on patient satisfaction with gastrointestinal endoscopy. Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2005 Aug;97(8):554-61. doi: 10.4321/s1130-01082005000800003. English, Spanish.
• Results Principles of training in gastrointestinal endoscopy. From the ASGE. American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 1999 Jun;49(6):845-53. No abstract available.

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