Status:
COMPLETED
Resect and Discard Approach to Diminutive Colonic Polyps
Lead Sponsor:
Washington University School of Medicine
Conditions:
Benign Polyps of Large Intestine
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Resect and discard (RD) is a new paradigm for management of diminutive colorectal polyps wherein histology is determined by real-time endoscopic imaging; polyps are then resected and discarded rather ...
Detailed Description
Introduction: Diminutive (≤5 mm) colorectal polyps are prevalent in the screening population but have low risk for harboring advanced villous or dysplastic components and for developing into colorecta...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients were included if diminutive polyps (defined as ≤5 mm) were identified at colonoscopy.
Exclusion
- indication other than screening or surveillance
- no diminutive polyps were found
- an optical or histopathological diagnosis of the diminutive polyp could not be made
- the polyp was resected but not retrieved for histopathology
- a synchronous colorectal cancer was identified at the time of the colonoscopy
- polyposis syndrome
- inflammatory bowel disease
- colonoscopies not complete to cecum
- fair or poor bowel preparation
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2011
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
618 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01877525
Start Date
October 1 2011
End Date
October 1 2012
Last Update
June 13 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Washington University Center for Advanced Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110