Clinical trial · Interventional
A Comparison of the Resection Rate for Cold and Hot Snare Polypectomy for 5-15 mm Colorectal Polyps
7th Medical Center of PLA General Hospital
- 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)
In 2015, there were approximately 1.7 million new cases of colorectal cancer（CRC）, and the deaths was close to 832,000. CRC has become the third most common malignant tumor in the world and the second leading cause of cancer death. This is mainly because adenomatous polyps can be transformed into cancer through adenoma-cancer sequences. Screening for CRC has been shown to prevent CRC and related deaths, especially colonoscopy and endoscopic resection of adenomatous polyps. Currently, the main methods of resection for polyps below 20 mm include hot snare polypectomy (HSP) and cold snare polypectomy (CSP). Due to the use of electrocautery, HSP has been shown to cause damage to the deep submucosa, the muscularis propria and submucosal arteries, resulting in postoperative bleeding, perforation and other adverse events. Compared with HSP, the mechanical cutting method is called CSP without electrocautery. Due to the short operation time and low incidence of adverse events, especially after polypectomy, it has caused more and more attention of endoscopists. The removal of 5 mm polyps from CSP has been recommended as the preferred technique by the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy(ESGE) Guidelines. A recent multicenter, prospective study in Japan recommended CSP as the standard treatment for excision of 4-9mm polyps. However, the average diameter of polyps in this study was 5.4 mm, which was not sufficient for the safety of CSP in polyps above 5 mm. In addition, there are few prospective studies of CSP complete removal of colorectal polyps 10-15 mm. More importantly, the report pointed out that 10% of 5 to 20 mm polyps were not completely removed, and some studies have shown that the cut polyp specimens are not sufficient for adequate pathological evaluation, which the researchers do not fully recognize. In this study, the investigators were interested in comparing the complete resection rates of large (10 -15 mm) and small (4-9 mm) colorectal polyps with CSP and HSP and improved methods for evaluating complete resection.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adenomatous Polyps | Adenomatous Polyp | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold snare polypectomy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Endoscopic margin observation method | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Hot snare polypectomy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Hot snare polypectomy (HSP)
- description
- The polyp size was measured using the tip of the snare catheter (2.5 mm). According to the randomized group, patients with HSP group were treated with HSP to excise 5-15 mm colorectal polyps. After resection, the jet stream will be used to thoroughly clean the mucosal defect. After the endoscopist carefully observed the edge of the resection to complete the polypectomy, a 2- or 4-quad biopsy was performed from the symmetrical margin of the mucosal defect to confirm the presence or absence of residual lesions.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Hot snare polypectomy
- Procedure: Endoscopic margin observation method
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Cold snare polypectomy (CSP)
- description
- The polyp size was measured using the tip of the snare catheter (2.5 mm). After randomization, patients in the CSP group will be treated with CSP to remove colorectal polyps of 10-15 mm size. After resection, the jet stream will be used to thoroughly clean the mucosal defect. After the endoscopic surgeon carefully observed the resection margin to complete the polypectomy, a 2- or 4-quad biopsy was performed from the symmetrical margin of the mucosal defect to confirm the presence or absence of residual lesions.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 40 Years
- Maximum age
- 70 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient ≥40 and \<70 years old * Provide written informed consent * Patients are found to have colorectal polyps between 5 and 15mm in size Exclusion Criteria: * History of inflammatory bowel disease * Polyposis of the alimentary tract * Antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy 5 days before the procedure * Pregnancy * Haemodialysis * An American Society of Anaesthesiologists class III or higher * Depressed lesions and lesions highly suspected to be cancerous based on endoscopic appearance.
References
Publications (2)
- RESULTKawamura T, Takeuchi Y, Asai S, Yokota I, Akamine E, Kato M, Akamatsu T, Tada K, Komeda Y, Iwatate M, Kawakami K, Nishikawa M, Watanabe D, Yamauchi A, Fukata N, Shimatani M, Ooi M, Fujita K, Sano Y, Kashida H, Hirose S, Iwagami H, Uedo N, Teramukai S, Tanaka K. A comparison of the resection rate for cold and hot snare polypectomy for 4-9 mm colorectal polyps: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (CRESCENT study). Gut. 2018 Nov;67(11):1950-1957. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314215. Epub 2017 Sep 28. PMID 28970290
- RESULTMatsuura N, Takeuchi Y, Yamashina T, Ito T, Aoi K, Nagai K, Kanesaka T, Matsui F, Fujii M, Akasaka T, Hanaoka N, Higashino K, Tomita Y, Ito Y, Ishihara R, Iishi H, Uedo N. Incomplete resection rate of cold snare polypectomy: a prospective single-arm observational study. Endoscopy. 2017 Mar;49(3):251-257. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-100215. Epub 2017 Feb 13. PMID 28192823