Avoiding the knife: study tests Non-Surgical care for colonoscopy injuries
NCT ID NCT07299864
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study reviewed records of 32 adults who had a colon tear during a colonoscopy to see if non-surgical care is safe and effective. Researchers looked at survival, complications, hospital stay length, and whether surgery was needed later. The goal is to find out if some patients can avoid surgery after this type of injury.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could support non-surgical care as a safe option for certain colon tears, reducing the need for surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, retrospective study with only 32 patients, so results may not apply to everyone. It looks back at past data, not a controlled trial.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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32 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Finished
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Nov 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.
Who is studied
Patients with confirmed iatrogenic colorectal perforations occurring during diagnostic or therapeutic colonoscopy at three high-volume tertiary care hospitals
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * • Patients aged 18 years or older * Iatrogenic colorectal perforation confirmed during or after diagnostic or therapeutic colonoscopy. Exclusion Criteria: * • Patients diagnosed with colorectal perforations due to trauma, acute diverticulitis, anastomotic dehiscence or surgical interventions not related to diagnostic or therapeutic colonoscopy * Incomplete records or missing data
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pirogov 1 City Clinical Hospital
Moscow, Russia