Active clinical trials for "Colonic Polyps"

When the DNA inside of human cells undergoes certain alterations (mutations), the cells may develop into a cancer. The cancer cells may shed this DNA into the blood stream. This circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) can be detected by very sensitive, specialized laboratory tests. Measurement of ctDNA has been shown to be useful for following patients with known cancer. It has also been found in the circulation of some patients with early stage cancer. The purpose of this study is to examine blood specimens for the presence of ctDNA in individuals without known cancer who are scheduled to undergo a screening or diagnostic colonoscopy in order to see if the ctDNA test can detect a cancer or precancerous condition at a very early stage before the patient becomes symptomatic. The results of this study should help define the role of ctDNA in the detection of early stage colon cancer and to define how sensitive it is (i.e. how well it picks up cancer when it is present) and how specific it is (i.e. how often is ctDNA found in patients with benign diseases or no abnormalities).

This study evaluates the ability of endoscopists to perform a complete optical diagnosis of colorectal polyps between 5 and 15 mm, and the impact of the only endoscopic diagnosis on the follow-up program for those patients. This is a prospective study in which we compare the diagnosis regarding size and histology made by the endoscopist versus de pathologic diagnosis.

This prospective randomized clinical trial aims to evaluate the new Optivista system compared to the iScan for his optical diagnosis and interval agreement monitoring with pathology. The Participants will be randomized to be diagnosed by either Optivista or Pentax iScan, and all polyps detected during the procedure, their size, location and morphology will be recorded according to the Paris classification after which all polyps will be resected per standard practices and sent for histopathologic evaluation. Further optical assessments will be performed for all polyps of 1-10 mm in size (WASP, NICE, SANO and SIMPLE classification) after with an analysis of comparison between optical diagnosis and pathology results will be performed.

The purpose of this study is to assess whether computer aided technology (CAD) can help in the diagnosis of polyps found the bowel compared with visual inspection alone and therefore whether it is beneficial in helping clinicians to decide whether to remove a polyp or not. Presently, most endoscopists remove all polyps found and send them to the laboratory for testing. The number of colonoscopies is increasing, meaning that more polyps are detected and removed. This comes at a significant cost to the health service and increases the time taken to complete a colonoscopy.

Study Objective: To compare the hospital costs between the standard surgical procedure and the Laparascopic Assisted Colonoscopic Polypectomy (LACP) technique for patients with advanced polyps in the colon.

The investigators seek to compare the accuracy of the existing colonoscope model to determine the magnitude of the improvement the investigators can expect in polyp discrimination as neoplastic or non-neoplastic.

The aim of the study is retrospectively evaluating all features of endoscopic and pathological diagnoses of cases who underwent upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy.

Colonoscopy outcome is strictly related to the adenoma detection rate (ADR). An endoscopy withdrawal time >6min has been suggested to increase the ADR since it allows for thorough evaluation of the several hidden areas of the colon. The FUSE, full spectrum endoscopy system, has been demonstrated to reduce the rate of missed lesions due to its wide-angle view. In the present study the authors evaluate the impact of WT on ADR for High Definition Standard Endoscopes with just a single imager to the FUSE endoscope.

Optical Enhancement Technology might be superior to the conventional HD-WL in detecting colorectal adenomas

The investigators conducted a study "Resect and Discard Diminutive Polyps: a new paradigm" (IRB ID # 201105473) from September, 2011 to July, 2013. This study examined whether doctors performing colonoscopy are accurate enough at predicting histology of small colorectal polyps, such that these small polyps could be resected and discarded (instead of being sent to pathology). One of the main advantages of this approach is significant cost savings by reducing pathology costs associated with screening and surveillance colonoscopy. A disadvantage is that there is a 0.03% chance that small polyps contain cancer. There is no data regarding patient preferences toward this approach. The investigators therefore designed a patient survey to determine the patient's view toward this approach.