Automated Telephone Reminder for Colonoscopy

NCT02478918 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 6013364
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 234
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a quality improvement study to determine the impact of an automated telephone reminder on the quality of bowel preparation in patients undergoing outpatient colonoscopy.

Conditions

Polyps

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Ottawa preparation scale score

  measures the cleanliness of each part of the colon and the overall fluid volume as assessed by the endoscopist

  Immediately after procedure

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Number of glasses of fluid consumed pre-colonoscopy

  24 hours

Study Arms (2)

Receiving reminder phone call

EXPERIMENTAL

Will receive phone call to remind colonoscopy date and bowel prep

Other: Phone call

Not receiving reminder phone call

NO INTERVENTION

Will not receive phone call to remind colonoscopy date and bowel prep

Interventions

Phone call OTHER

Automated phone call reminder

Receiving reminder phone call

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adult patients
• Scheduled for outpatient colonoscopy at a later date
• Prescribed evening-before or split-dose low volume preparation regimens

You may not qualify if:

• Refusal to receive automated telephone reminder
• No access to telephone
• Urgent/emergent indication for colonoscopy
• Prescribed a bowel prep other than Pico-Salax/Purgodan
• Receiving upper and lower combined procedure

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Queen's University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hotel Dieu Hospital

Kingston, Ontario, K7L5G2, Canada

Location

Related Publications (10)

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  PMID: 11419830 BACKGROUND

• Calderwood AH, Lai EJ, Fix OK, Jacobson BC. An endoscopist-blinded, randomized, controlled trial of a simple visual aid to improve bowel preparation for screening colonoscopy. Gastrointest Endosc. 2011 Feb;73(2):307-14. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.10.013. Epub 2010 Dec 18.

  PMID: 21168840 BACKGROUND

• Liu X, Luo H, Zhang L, Leung FW, Liu Z, Wang X, Huang R, Hui N, Wu K, Fan D, Pan Y, Guo X. Telephone-based re-education on the day before colonoscopy improves the quality of bowel preparation and the polyp detection rate: a prospective, colonoscopist-blinded, randomised, controlled study. Gut. 2014 Jan;63(1):125-30. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-304292. Epub 2013 Mar 16.

  PMID: 23503044 BACKGROUND

• Modi C, Depasquale JR, Digiacomo WS, Malinowski JE, Engelhardt K, Shaikh SN, Kothari ST, Kottam R, Shakov R, Maksoud C, Baddoura WJ, Spira RS. Impact of patient education on quality of bowel preparation in outpatient colonoscopies. Qual Prim Care. 2009;17(6):397-404.

  PMID: 20051190 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 11419832 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 15044882 BACKGROUND

• Shaikh AA, Hussain SM, Rahn S, Desilets DJ. Effect of an educational pamphlet on colon cancer screening: a randomized, prospective trial. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Apr;22(4):444-9. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328333fca6.

  PMID: 19940781 BACKGROUND

• Shieh TY, Chen MJ, Chang CW, Hung CY, Hu KC, Kuo YC, Shih SC, Wang HY. Effect of physician-delivered patient education on the quality of bowel preparation for screening colonoscopy. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2013;2013:570180. doi: 10.1155/2013/570180. Epub 2013 Dec 17.

  PMID: 24454341 BACKGROUND

• 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.

  PMID: 21483463 BACKGROUND

• 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.

  PMID: 22840295 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Polyps

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathological Conditions, Anatomical; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Lawrence Hookey, MD

  Queen's University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Matthew Church

  Queen's University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Natalie Rubinger

  Queen's University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD, Division of Gastroenterology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 18, 2015
• First Posted: June 23, 2015
• Study Start: June 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: May 15, 2016
• Study Completion: May 15, 2016
• Last Updated: February 16, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)