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

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Washington University Center for Advanced Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110