TY - JOUR T1 - A comparison of the resection rate for cold and hot snare polypectomy for 4–9 mm colorectal polyps: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (CRESCENT study) JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 1950 LP - 1957 DO - 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314215 VL - 67 IS - 11 AU - Takuji Kawamura AU - Yoji Takeuchi AU - Satoshi Asai AU - Isao Yokota AU - Eisuke Akamine AU - Minoru Kato AU - Takuji Akamatsu AU - Kazuhiro Tada AU - Yoriaki Komeda AU - Mineo Iwatate AU - Ken Kawakami AU - Michiko Nishikawa AU - Daisuke Watanabe AU - Atsushi Yamauchi AU - Norimasa Fukata AU - Masaaki Shimatani AU - Makoto Ooi AU - Koichi Fujita AU - Yasushi Sano AU - Hiroshi Kashida AU - Satoru Hirose AU - Hiroyoshi Iwagami AU - Noriya Uedo AU - Satoshi Teramukai AU - Kiyohito Tanaka Y1 - 2018/11/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/67/11/1950.abstract N2 - Objective To investigate the success rate of cold snare polypectomy (CSP) for complete resection of 4–9 mm colorectal adenomatous polyps compared with that of hot snare polypectomy (HSP).Design A prospective, multicentre, randomised controlled, parallel, non-inferiority trial conducted in 12 Japanese endoscopy units. Endoscopically diagnosed sessile adenomatous polyps, 4–9 mm in size, were randomly assigned to the CSP or HSP group. After complete removal of the polyp using the allocated technique, biopsy specimens from the resection margin after polypectomy were obtained. The primary endpoint was the complete resection rate, defined as no evidence of adenomatous tissue in the biopsied specimens, among all pathologically confirmed adenomatous polyps.Results A total of 796 eligible polyps were detected in 538 of 912 patients screened for eligibility between September 2015 and August 2016. The complete resection rate for CSP was 98.2% compared with 97.4% for HSP. The non-inferiority of CSP for complete resection compared with HSP was confirmed by the +0.8% (90% CI −1.0 to 2.7) complete resection rate (non-inferiority p<0.0001). Postoperative bleeding requiring endoscopic haemostasis occurred only in the HSP group (0.5%, 2 of 402 polyps).Conclusions The complete resection rate for CSP is not inferior to that for HSP. CSP can be one of the standard techniques for 4–9 mm colorectal polyps. (Study registration: UMIN000018328) ER -