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Clip-assisted Duodenal Feeding Tube Placement: a Single Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.

Conditions
Post-pyloric feeding, Clip-assisted nasoenteral feeding tube, randomised study, migration
Registration Number
NL-OMON28110
Lead Sponsor
Prof. P.D.Siersema, MD, PhDDepartment of Gastroenterology and HepatologyUniversity Medical Center UtrechtP.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA UtrechtHeidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX UtrechtTel nr: 088-755 9338
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
140
Inclusion Criteria

1. All adult patients needing a duodenal feeding tube (including triple lumen tubes);

2. Written informed consent provided by patient or representative;

Exclusion Criteria

1. Subjects with a reasonable probability of undergoing a MRI scan (Resolution™ endoclips are not MRI compatible);

2. Women with known pregnancy (because of abdominal X-rays performed in order to confirm location of the DFT).

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
umber of repeat endoscopies for tube repositioning due<br>to incorrect placed - and migrated tubes.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Success rate of tube placement (confirmed by abdominal X-ray);<br /><br>2. Time of endosocpy procedure;<br /><br>3. Dwell time of feeding tube;<br /> <br>4. Costs;<br /> <br>5. Patient's preferences;<br /><br>6. Migration rate to stomach or esophagus.
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