Role of Faecal Calprotectin in Patients With Abdominal Pain

Completed

• Conditions: Inflammation
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: calprotectin levels

• Registration Number: NCT05795985
• Lead Sponsor: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Brief Summary

The evaluation of patients with abdominal pain is a challenge for the emergency physician and the selection of patients for second-level radiological examinations or endoscopic procedures is not always easy to perform. Faecal calprotectin could be a useful diagnostic marker to distinguish between "organic" or "functional" form and its determination could be helpful to select patients for further examinations, in the context of emergency setting.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-31
• Study Completion: 2023-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-21
• Status Verified: 2023-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-01
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-03
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 146

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with abdominal pain and/or diarrhea and/or rectal bleeding

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Exclusion Criteria

• patients with age < 18 years
• pregnant women;
• patients with oncological, cardiological, nephrological terminal diseases;
• patients on antibiotic therapy or who have taken it during the last month;
• patients with a history of colic resection or gastrointestinal surgery;
• patients with a previous diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis)

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
abdominal pain	calprotectin levels	patients with abdominal pain

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
inflammation	3 days	assess the degree of intestinal inflammation by fecal calprotectin assay in patients with abdominal pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS; 🇮🇹 Roma, Italy