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A New Method To Reduce Gastric Missing Areas in Capsule Endoscopy

Not Applicable
Conditions
Capsule Endoscopy
Registration Number
NCT02158260
Lead Sponsor
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Brief Summary

It is a single center, prospective and self-controlled trial. We'd like to explore a new method by changing position to reduce gastric missing areas in Capsule Endoscopy(CE)

Detailed Description

Background:Capsule endoscopy is widely used to observe small intestine.While it may miss important areas in stomach,especially in fundus.So far,physicians have no methods to observe stomach without no-missing areas by capsule endoscopy.

Objective:To explore a new method to reduce the areas missed by CE.

Methods:Subjects were prospectively enrolled.Every subjects will undergo 2 capsule endoscopies and 1 gastroscope.First capsule endoscopy,every subject have a better gastric preparation before swallowing CE and change position during the procedure.Second capsule endoscopy,every subject have a conventional CE. And then, every subject have a gastroscope.

Measurements:The primary measurements included safety, gastric preparation, visualization of gastric mucosa and rate of lesion detection.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
71
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subjects don't have swallowing difficulties, motility disorders, or a medical history that included abdominal surgery or obvious gastrointestinal strictures are included.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subjects with swallowing difficulty, motility disorders, diabetes, life-threatening conditions, mental disorders, or patients that could be pregnant, have a cardiac pacemaker, electrical implant, or any other condition that would preclude compliance with the study requirements and/or device instructions are excluded from the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
visualization of gastric mucosa1 year

Gastric preparation included the degree of cleanliness and distention.Cleanliness was evaluated by 3 grades: good (the fluid was transparent and \<5% of gastric mucosa was obscured by stomach contents), moderate (the fluid was a little opaque or 5% to 10% of gastric mucosa was obscured by stomach contents) and poor (the fluid was opaque or \>10% of gastric mucosa was obscured by stomach contents). Distention was evaluated by 3 grades: good (existence of a small amount of gastric folds), moderate (existence of significant amount of gastric folds and gastric cavity was smaller than expected) and poor (gastric cavity was not inflated).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
rate of lesion detection1 year

Gastroscope is the golden standard in diagnosing gastric diseases.we defined rate of lesion detection as the lesions detected by CE compared to gastroscope.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nanfang Hospital

🇨🇳

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Nanfang Hospital
🇨🇳Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Zelong Han, MD
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