Colon capsule endoscopy

Table 1 Procedure protocols

	Eliakim[10]	Schoofs[9]	Lewis[11]
Day-2	Low fiber diet	(-)	(-)
Day-1	19:00-20:00 PEG 2 L	18:00-21:00 PEG 3 L	18:00-21:00 PEG 3 L
Day 01	07:00-08:00	06:00-07:00	07:00-08:00
	PEG 1 L	PEG 1 L	PEG 1 L
	+	+	+
	08:15	07:45	08:15
	Tegaserod 6 mg	Motilium 20 mg	Tegaserod 6 mg
	+	+	+
	08:30	08:00	08:30
	Capsule ingestion	Capsule ingestion	Capsule ingestion
	+	+	+
	10:30	10:00	10:30
	NaP 30 mL2	NaP 45 mL2	NaP 30 mL2
	+	+	+
	13:00	14:00	13:00
	Tegaserod 6 mg	NaP 30 mL	Tegaserod 6 mg
	+	+	+
	14:00	16:30	14:00
	NaP 15 mL	Bisacodyl	NaP 15 mL
	+	Suppository 10 mg	+
	16:30		16:30
	Bisacodyl		Bisacodyl
	suppository 10 mg		suppository 10 mg

¹If the capsule was excreted, the regimen was discontinued;

²Only if the capsule has exit the stomach.

Table 2 Results of PillCam™ Colon trials

	Yr	n	S	E	PPV	NPV
Results for polyps (any size)
Eliakim[9]	2006	91	69%	81%	74%	78%
Schoofs[10]	2006	41	76%	64%	83%	54%
Results for significant polyps (> 6 mm or > 3 polyps > 3 mm)
Eliakim[9]	2006	91	63%	94%	67%	91%
Schoofs[10]	2006	41	60%	73%	46%	83%
Results for other lesions
Eliakim[9]	2006	91	78%	76%	47%	93%
Schoofs[10]	2006	41	76%	63%	82%	52%

S: Sensitivity; E: Specificity; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value.