Split-dose Versus Single-dose Polyethylene Glycol Regimen for Capsule Endoscopy

Summary

To compare the small bowel cleanliness for wireless capsule endoscopy using two different Polyethylene Glycol administration schedules (before the wireless capsule endoscopy ingestion versus in a split-dose fashion).

Timeline

Start

2015-03

Primary completion

2015-05

Completion

2015-05

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The entire and distal half small-bowel cleansing scores were significantly higher among G2 (median score: 8 vs. 10 points, P=0.012; PMID 26646803 ↗

Publications

• Background Rokkas T, Papaxoinis K, Triantafyllou K, Pistiolas D, Ladas SD. Does purgative preparation influence the diagnostic yield of small bowel video capsule endoscopy?: A meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Jan;104(1):219-27. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2008.63.
• Background Ladas SD, Triantafyllou K, Spada C, Riccioni ME, Rey JF, Niv Y, Delvaux M, de Franchis R, Costamagna G; ESGE Clinical Guidelines Committee. European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE): recommendations (2009) on clinical use of video capsule endoscopy to investigate small-bowel, esophageal and colonic diseases. Endoscopy. 2010 Mar;42(3):220-7. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1243968. Epub 2010 Mar 1.
• Background Brotz C, Nandi N, Conn M, Daskalakis C, DiMarino M, Infantolino A, Katz LC, Schroeder T, Kastenberg D. A validation study of 3 grading systems to evaluate small-bowel cleansing for wireless capsule endoscopy: a quantitative index, a qualitative evaluation, and an overall adequacy assessment. Gastrointest Endosc. 2009 Feb;69(2):262-70, 270.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.04.016. Epub 2008 Oct 11.
• Background Hassan C, Bretthauer M, Kaminski MF, Polkowski M, Rembacken B, Saunders B, Benamouzig R, Holme O, Green S, Kuiper T, Marmo R, Omar M, Petruzziello L, Spada C, Zullo A, Dumonceau JM; European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Bowel preparation for colonoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) guideline. Endoscopy. 2013;45(2):142-50. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1326186. Epub 2013 Jan 18.
• Magalhaes-Costa P, Carmo J, Bispo M, Santos S, Chagas C. Superiority of the Split-dose PEG Regimen for Small-Bowel Capsule Endoscopy: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2016 Aug;50(7):e65-70. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000460.

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Indications

No indication recorded.