Improving Bowel Cleansing With a Smart Phone Application

NCT ID: NCT02303743

Last Updated: 2016-10-14

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

260 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-01-31

Study Completion Date

2014-06-30

Brief Summary

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Getting ready for a colonoscopy is difficult and involves a lot of steps. The information given to patients is very important to adherence to treatment. The investigators have created a novel smart phone application (SPA) aimed to increased bowel preparation quality and patient satisfaction, using different educational tools.

Detailed Description

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Background: Getting ready for a colonoscopy is difficult and involves a lot of steps. The information given to patients is very important to adherence to treatment. The investigators have created a novel smart phone application (SPA) aimed to increased bowel preparation quality and patient satisfaction, using different educational tools.

Methods: The investigators have performed a prospective, endoscopist-blinded, randomized, controlled trial. The investigators have enrolled 260 outpatients owners of a smartphone. Patients were randomly allocated to two different protocols: instructions provided by SPA (SPA group; n=108) or written instructions with visual aids (control group; n=152). All procedures were performed in afternoon time and patients received the same purgative regimen (2-L PEG solution plus ascorbic acid), in a full-dose same-day regimen. The day before colonoscopy (Baseline), patients initiated low fiber diet. The study was designed to detect an improvement in quality of bowel preparation using the Harefield Cleansing Scale (HCS) scale. The effect of protocol on patient satisfaction was assessed with a specific questionnaire at time of the colonoscopy.

Conditions

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Cathartics Mobile Applications

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Caregivers

Study Groups

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Smart Phone Application (SPA) Group

Patients assigned to SPA group were instructed on how to free-download the application onto their smartphone. Each patient enters the date and time of his colonoscopy and timed alerts appeared on the phone to alert the patient of the next step in bowel preparation. In addition to the alerts, the app assists in bowel preparation by explaining the procedure, providing tips, examples of low fiber diet, and displaying pictures of preparation quality and educational video to explain how to prepare the purgative solution.Finally, the patient can obtain a checklist to confirm all steps.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Smart Phone Application

Intervention Type DEVICE

Bowel preparation was evaluated using the Harefield Cleansing Scale (HCS). The scale was the primary outcome measure

Control Group

Written instructions with visual aids explaining the procedure and when to begin self-administration of the bowel solution

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Written instructions with visual aids

Intervention Type DEVICE

written instructions with visual aids explaining the procedure and when to begin self-administration of the bowel solution (control group).

Interventions

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Smart Phone Application

Bowel preparation was evaluated using the Harefield Cleansing Scale (HCS). The scale was the primary outcome measure

Intervention Type DEVICE

Written instructions with visual aids

written instructions with visual aids explaining the procedure and when to begin self-administration of the bowel solution (control group).

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Elective colonoscopy
* Owners of a smartphone

Exclusion Criteria

* No owners of a smartphone
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga García

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga García

M.D.; Ph.D.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Vicente Lorenzo-Zúñiga Garcíaa, M.D.; Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital

References

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Harewood GC, Sharma VK, de Garmo P. Impact of colonoscopy preparation quality on detection of suspected colonic neoplasia. Gastrointest Endosc. 2003 Jul;58(1):76-9. doi: 10.1067/mge.2003.294.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12838225 (View on PubMed)

Froehlich F, Wietlisbach V, Gonvers JJ, Burnand B, Vader JP. Impact of colonic cleansing on quality and diagnostic yield of colonoscopy: the European Panel of Appropriateness of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy European multicenter study. Gastrointest Endosc. 2005 Mar;61(3):378-84. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5107(04)02776-2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15758907 (View on PubMed)

Spiegel BM, Talley J, Shekelle P, Agarwal N, Snyder B, Bolus R, Kurzbard N, Chan M, Ho A, Kaneshiro M, Cordasco K, Cohen H. Development and validation of a novel patient educational booklet to enhance colonoscopy preparation. Am J Gastroenterol. 2011 May;106(5):875-83. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2011.75. Epub 2011 Apr 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21483463 (View on PubMed)

Tae JW, Lee JC, Hong SJ, Han JP, Lee YH, Chung JH, Yoon HG, Ko BM, Cho JY, Lee JS, Lee MS. Impact of patient education with cartoon visual aids on the quality of bowel preparation for colonoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Oct;76(4):804-11. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.05.026. Epub 2012 Jul 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22840295 (View on PubMed)

Prakash SR, Verma S, McGowan J, Smith BE, Shroff A, Gibson GH, Cheng M, Lowe Ii D, Gopal K, Mohanty SR. Improving the quality of colonoscopy bowel preparation using an educational video. Can J Gastroenterol. 2013 Dec;27(12):696-700. doi: 10.1155/2013/292636.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24340313 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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CEI071114

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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