Colon polyp showdown: which removal method wins?
NCT ID NCT03962868
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compared two procedures for removing large, flat colon polyps (over 25 mm) in 360 adults. One method, ESD, removes the polyp in one piece but has higher risks and costs. The other, EMR, removes it in pieces but is safer and cheaper. The goal was to see which leads to fewer polyps coming back and which is more cost-effective over 3 years.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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360 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2019
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient suffering from non-pedunculated polyp suspected larger than 25 mm in the colon * Colon localization beyond 15 cm of the anal margin. * Indication for endoscopic treatment * Patients aged ≥ 18 years old * Patients able to fill in questionnaires written in French Exclusion Criteria: * Prior endoscopic resection attempt * Contra-indication to colonoscopy * Contra-indication to general anesthesia * Inability to stop antiplatelet agents and anti-coagulant according to the European Society of Gastro-Intestinal Endoscopy guidelines. * Recurrent adenoma: post-endoscopic or surgical resection * Pregnant or lactating women * Genetic polyposis (Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Lynch Syndrome, Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome) * Inability to provide informed consent * Patient under legal protection and or deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision * Patient already participating in an interventional clinical research protocol * Patient who cannot be followed for the duration of the study * Non-pedunculated polyp ≤ 25 mm * More than one lesion \> 25 mm that fulfilled the inclusion criteria * Suspicion of deep submucosal cancer by analysis of macroscopic appearance (Paris 0-III), vascular pattern and pit pattern (SANO IIIB, KUDO Vn) * Non granular pseudodepressed Laterally spreading tumors due to the high risk of nonvisible submucosal cancer * Polyp involving the appendice deeply (type 2 or 3 of classification of Toyonaga) * Polyp inside the ileo-caecal valvula * Tattoing under the lesion * Inflammatory Bowel Disease with expected fibrosis (Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis) * Colon localization \< 15 cm of the anal margin. * Polyp invading a diverticulum * Pedunculated polyp * Absence of lesion
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cochin Hospital
Paris, 75014, France
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Edouard Herriot Hospital
Lyon, 69437, France
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Jean Mermoz Hospital
Lyon, France, 69008, France
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Nancy University Hospital
Nancy, 54500, France
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Pontchaillou Hospital
Rennes, 35033, France
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University Hospital, Limoges
Limoges, France, 87042, France
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