Low-volume bowel preparation provides safe and effective pan-enteric capsule endoscopy in suspected or established Crohn’s disease

Table 1 Details of the low and high-volume preparation protocols according to date and time of pan-enteric capsule endoscopy

		Low-volume protocol	Standard high-volume protocol
Day	Time	Instructions
1 day	All day	Clear liquid diet	Clear liquid diet
	19:00-21:00	1000 mL PEG 3350 with ascorbic acid (MoviPrep©)	2000 mL PEG 3350 (Meroken©)
PCE day	07:00-09:00	1000 mL PEG 3350 with ascorbic acid (MoviPrep©)	2000 mL PEG 3350 (Meroken©)
	10:00	PCE ingestion	PCE ingestion
	11:00	Optional: 10 mg metoclopramide if alert “0’’	Optional: 10 mg metoclopramide if alert “0’’
	Small bowel detection - alert “1”	150 mL lactulose + 1500 mL of water	180 mL oral sulfate solution mixed in 300 mL of water + 1000 mL of water
	3 hours later - alert “2”	90 mL lactulose + 500 mL of water	90 mL oral sulfate solution mixed in 150 mL of water + 1000 mL of water
	2 hours later - alert “3”	10 mg bisacodyl suppository	10 mg bisacodyl suppository
	2 hours later - alert “4”	A light meal	A light meal
Total liquid volume		4240 mL	6720 mL

PCE: Pan-enteric capsule endoscopy; PEG: Polyethylene glycol.