Clinical trial · Observational
Comparison of Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy in Terms of Pain, Acceptance and Procedure Time
NCT00302679CI-TRIAL-00000302unknownClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
According to experience in a self-payed health check-up center,unsedated total colonoscopy is not inferior or may be better than unsedated sigmoidoscopy in terms of pain and patients' acceptance. Hypothesis: Unsedated total colonoscopy is not inferior to unsedated sigmoidoscopy in terms of pain and patients' acceptance.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
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Data not yet available
No intervention recorded.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects who undergo self-payed unsedated colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy for colon cancer screening. Exclusion Criteria: * Difficulty in assessing pain during the procedure and acceptance for the procedure
References
Publications (1)
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