Endoscopic Measurements of Mitochondrial Oxygen Tension: a pilot study
Completed
- Conditions
- chronic gastro-intestinal ischemialack of oxygen of the intestine1001803110003216
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 5
Inclusion Criteria
- * 18 years
- Informed consent
- Unremarkable medical history (no gastroenterologic diseases or surgery, no cardiac or pulmonal diseases)
- No gastrointestinal complaints
- Patent gastrointestinal arteries determined by abdominal echo duplex
Exclusion Criteria
- < 18 years
- unable to give informed consent
- Pregnancy
- Acute or chronic porphyria
- Hypersensitivity for ALA or porphyrin
- Significant stenosis of celiac artery and/or superior mesenteric artery by abdominal echo duplex
- Renal impairment
- Liver impairment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>To determine the feasibility of the MitoPO2 measurements during upper<br /><br>endoscopy.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>To compare MitoPO2 measurements with VLS measurements.</p><br>