Third Eye Retroscope Randomized Clinical Evaluation

The Third Eye® Retroscope® is a device that can be inserted through the instrument channel of a standard colonoscope to provide an additional, retrograde (or backward) view that reveals areas behind folds and flexures in the colon, and might detect additional polyps that cannot be seen with the colonoscope alone. Patients who participate as subjects in the study will undergo two complete colonoscopy procedures, a standard colonoscopy and a colonoscopy in which a Third Eye Retroscope is used along with the same colonoscope. Half of the patients will have the standard colonoscopy first followed by the Third Eye colonoscopy, and the other half will have the Third Eye procedure first. Results from the two groups will be analyzed and compared to determine the effectiveness of the Third Eye Retroscope for detecting additional adenomas and other polyps compared with the standard colonoscope alone.

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Inclusion Criteria:

* The patient is undergoing colonoscopy for screening, for surveillance in follow-up of previous polypectomy or for diagnostic workup;
* The patient must understand and provide written consent for the procedure.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with a history of colonic resection;
* Patients with inflammatory bowel disease;
* Patients with a personal history of polyposis syndrome;
* Patients with suspected chronic stricture potentially precluding complete colonoscopy;
* Patients with diverticulitis or toxic megacolon;
* Patients with a history of radiation therapy to abdomen or pelvis;
* Patients who are currently enrolled in another clinical investigation in which the intervention might compromise the safety of the patient's participation in this study.

• RESULTLeufkens AM, DeMarco DC, Rastogi A, Akerman PA, Azzouzi K, Rothstein RI, Vleggaar FP, Repici A, Rando G, Okolo PI, Dewit O, Ignjatovic A, Odstrcil E, East J, Deprez PH, Saunders BP, Kalloo AN, Creel B, Singh V, Lennon AM, Siersema PD; Third Eye Retroscope Randomized Clinical Evaluation [TERRACE] Study Group. Effect of a retrograde-viewing device on adenoma detection rate during colonoscopy: the TERRACE study. Gastrointest Endosc. 2011 Mar;73(3):480-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.09.004. Epub 2010 Nov 10. PMID 21067735
• RESULTSiersema PD, Rastogi A, Leufkens AM, Akerman PA, Azzouzi K, Rothstein RI, Vleggaar FP, Repici A, Rando G, Okolo PI, Dewit O, Ignjatovic A, Odstrcil E, East J, Deprez PH, Saunders BP, Kalloo AN, Creel B, Singh V, Lennon AM, DeMarco DC. Retrograde-viewing device improves adenoma detection rate in colonoscopies for surveillance and diagnostic workup. World J Gastroenterol. 2012 Jul 14;18(26):3400-8. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i26.3400. PMID 22807609