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Low-volume versus high-volume initiated trans-anal irrigation therapy in adults with chronic constipation : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

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Emmett, Christopher, Close, Helen, Mason, James, Taheri, Shiva, Stevens, Natasha, Eldridge, Sandra, Norton, Christine, Knowles, Charles and Yiannakou, Yan (2017) Low-volume versus high-volume initiated trans-anal irrigation therapy in adults with chronic constipation : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 18 (1). 151. doi:10.1186/s13063-017-1882-y ISSN 1745-6215.

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Abstract

Background:
Constipation is common in adults and up to 20% of the population report this symptom. Chronic constipation (CC), usually defined as more than 6 months of symptoms, is less common but results in 0.5 million UK GP consultations per annum. The effect of symptoms on measured quality of life (QOL) is significant, and CC consumes significant health care resources. In the UK, it is estimated that 10% of district nursing time is spent on constipation. Trans-anal irrigation therapy has become a widely used treatment despite a lack of robust efficacy data to support its use. The long-term outcome of treatment is also unclear. A randomised comparison of two different methods of irrigation (high- and low-volume) will provide valuable evidence of superiority of one system over the other, as well as providing efficacy data for the treatment as a whole.

Methods:
Participants will be recruited based on predetermined eligibility criteria. Following informed consent, they will be randomised to either high-volume (HV) or low-volume (LV) irrigation and undergo standardised radiological and physiological investigations. Following training, they will commence home irrigation with the allocated device. Data will be collected at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months according to a standardised outcomes framework. The primary outcome is PAC-QOL, measured at 3 months. The study is powered to detect a 10% difference in outcome between systems at 3 months; this means that 300 patients will need to be recruited.

Discussion:
This study will be the first randomised comparison of two different methods of trans-anal irrigation. It will also be the largest prospective study of CC patients treated with irrigation. It will provide evidence for the effectiveness of irrigation in the treatment of CC, as well as the comparative effectiveness of the two methods. This will enable more cost-effective and evidence-based use of irrigation. Also, the results will be combined with the other studies in the CapaCiTY programme to generate an evidence-based treatment algorithm for CC in adults.

Trial registration:
ISRCTN, identifier: ISRCTN11093872. Registered on 11 November 2015. Trial not retrospectively registered. Protocol version 3 (22 January 2016).

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET)
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Constipation -- Treatment, Irrigation (Medicine) -- Research, Clinical trials
Journal or Publication Title: Trials
Publisher: Biomed Central
ISSN: 1745-6215
Official Date: 31 March 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
31 March 2017Published
7 March 2017Accepted
Volume: 18
Number: 1
Article Number: 151
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-1882-y
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 23 May 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 25 May 2017
Funder: National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR)
Grant number: PGfAR: RP-PG-0612-20001

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