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Be Part of Research - Trial Details - PillCam™ Colon Capsule Endoscopy (PCCE) in the Visualization of the Colon
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PillCam™ Colon Capsule Endoscopy (PCCE) in the Visualization of the Colon

Completed

Open to: ALL

Age: 18.0 - 75.0

Harrow

Medical Conditions

Colonic Diseases

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To see if PillCam COLON will demonstrate diagnostic yield \>80% in detecting significant colonic pathologies when compared to colonoscopy in the target population.

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

Oct 2006 Oct 2007

Publications

"Van Gossum A, Munoz-Navas M, Fernandez-Urien I, Carretero C, Gay G, Delvaux M, Lapalus MG, Ponchon T, Neuhaus H, Philipper M, Costamagna G, Riccioni ME, Spada C, Petruzziello L, Fraser C, Postgate A, Fitzpatrick A, Hagenmuller F, Keuchel M, Schoofs N, Deviere J. Capsule endoscopy versus colonoscopy for the detection of polyps and cancer. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jul 16;361(3):264-70. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0806347. Erratum In: N Engl J Med. 2009 Sep 17;361(12):1220. Navas, Miguel Munoz [corrected to Munoz-Navas, Miguel]."; "19605831"

INTERVENTIONAL

Intervention Type : DEVICE
Intervention Description : The PillCam COLON capsule is an ingestible capsule equipped with an endoscope that has two imagers, enabling it to acquire video images from both ends. the device measures 31 by 11 mm and acquires images at a rate of 4 frames per second. Recording and downloading of data are similar those of the data for small-bowel capsule endoscopy.

Intervention Arm Group : PillCam COLON and Colonoscopy;

Intervention Type : PROCEDURE
Intervention Description : Standard colonoscopy was the standard against which capsule endoscopy was compared,and it was performed after capsule endoscopy (after capsule excretion or at least 10 hours after capsule ingestion, whichever came first), on either the same day as ingestion or the next morning.

Intervention Arm Group : PillCam COLON and Colonoscopy;



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Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • St.Marks&Northwick Park hospital
    Harrow


The study is sponsored by Medtronic - MITG



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Read full details for Trial ID: NCT00604162
Last updated 29 July 2019

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