Carbonated soft drink for gastric preparation for magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy: An open-label randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Parameters related to magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy examination and diagnostic yield of focal lesions, n (%)

	C group (n = 126)	W group (n = 126)	P value
GET, minute, mean ± SD	11.70 ± 2.76	11.26 ± 2.84	0.219
GTT, minute, mean ± SD	53.27 ± 53.83	71.12 ± 52.19	0.001
SBTT, hour, mean ± SD	4.84 ± 1.71	5.00 ± 1.82	0.587
Patients with capsule reaching duodenum under magnetic control	43 (34.13)	15 (11.90)	< 0.0001
Patients with liquid for gastric refilling	2 (1.59)	21 (16.67)	< 0.0001
Gastric cleanliness score, median (IQR)
Cardia	4 (4-4)	4 (4-4)	0.451
Fundus	3 (3-3)	3 (3-4)	< 0.0001
Angulus	4 (4-4)	4 (4-4)	0.356
Body	4 (3-4)	4 (3-4)	0.750
Antrum	4 (4-4)	4 (4-4)	0.202
Pylorus	4 (4-4)	4 (4-4)	0.695
Abdominal fullness, mean ± SD	7.85 ± 1.86	7.72 ± 1.70	0.551
Comfortableness, mean ± SD	7.91 ± 2.30	8.40 ± 1.65	0.054
Total satisfaction score, median (IQR)	2 (0-12)	2 (0-10)	0.882
Gastric lesions	24 (19.05)	24 (19.05)	0.331
Polyp	13	15
Ulcer	1	4
Submucosal mass	10	5
Small bowel lesions	10 (7.94)	18 (14.29)	0.102
Polyp	1	0
Ulcer	9	18
Others	3 (2.38)1	1 (0.79)2	0.622
Total	37 (29.37)	43 (34.13)	0.173

¹2 cases of intestinal vascular malformation and 1 case of intestinal lymphangiectasia.

²1 case of gastric diverticulum.

C group: The carbonated soft drink group; W group: The water group; IQR: Interquartile range; GTT: Gastric transit time; GET: Gastric examination time; SBTT: Small bowel transit time.