The Effect of Taking Break During Colonoscopy Session on Adenoma Detection, a Prospective, Randomized Control Study

NCT ID: NCT01989650

Last Updated: 2015-02-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 1379 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2012-02-29
• Study Completion Date: 2013-09-30

Brief Summary

Recent research has suggested that endoscopist fatigue may significantly affect the polyp detection rate. There have been no studies on interventions that may reduce endoscopist fatigue and therefore improve colonoscopy performance.

We want to determine whether a break in the middle of colonoscopy session would maintain a more stable adenoma detection rate

Detailed Description

In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the volume of endoscopic procedures performed in most endoscopy centers. With the growing awareness of colorectal cancer screening, there is increasing demand for colonoscopy which has increased the workload of endoscopists in every healthcare system. There are studies showing that physician fatigue impairs quality of care and performance in other medical specialties such as anesthesia and surgery. Colonoscopy by nature is repetitive and frequently prolonged which can promote distractibility and fatigability. Studies from western countries have showed that afternoon colonoscopies are associated with lower adenoma detection rate (ADR) compared with the morning colonoscopies and physician fatigue has been hypothesized as a potential contributor. Previous studies also showed that the polyp detection rate decreases hour-by-hour throughout the day and the colonoscopy completion rate appears to decline with successive procedures due to endoscopist fatigue. The most recent study using the queue position as a surrogate marker for endoscopist fatigue had showed that both the later colonoscopy start time and increasing number of preceding endoscopic procedures are associated with decreasing polyp detection rate. It is not surprising that endoscopist fatigue may contribute to a significant decline in the effectiveness of colonoscopy and yet it is probably not realistic to reduce the number of colonoscopy procedures per session given the heavy clinical demand. There have been no studies on any intervention that may improve the performance of colonoscopy. It would be reasonable to postulate that taking a break half way through the colonoscopy session may alleviate endoscopist fatigue and hence improve the polyp detection rate. This study aims to evaluate the effect of introducing a break in the middle of a colonoscopy session on the quality of colonoscopy performance.

Conditions

Colonic Adenoma

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Break

A break of 15 minute will be provided after 3rd colonoscopy in a session of 6 colonoscopies in total

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Break

Intervention Type: OTHER

A break of 15 minute will be provided after 3rd colonoscopy in a session of 6 colonoscopies in total

No break

Intervention Type: OTHER

No break will be provided

No break

No break will be provided

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Break

A break of 15 minute will be provided after 3rd colonoscopy in a session of 6 colonoscopies in total

Intervention Type: OTHER

No break

No break will be provided

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients who underwent colonoscopies in the afternoon session at the endoscopy unit in AHNH were eligible for inclusion in this study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Emergency inpatient colonoscopy
• Patient with history of colorectal cancer , FAP or IBD

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Aric Josun Hui

Dr.

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Countries

Hong Kong

Other Identifiers

Break

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id