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Gastroesophageal reflux disease in children and adolescents: Diagnostic utility of the Post-reflux Swallow-induced Peristaltic Wave Index and Mean Nocturnal Baseline Impedance

Recruiting
Conditions
K21
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
Registration Number
DRKS00032706
Lead Sponsor
niversitätskinderklinik Bochum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria

Patients who received an EGD and a pH MII under sedation at the same time between 2015 and 2022 and who had aerosive gastroesophageal reflux disease or a non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease diagnosed or a macroscopically normal EGD and a normal pH MII

Exclusion Criteria

Proton pump inhibitor, antacid or steroid therapy in the four weeks before the endoscopic diagnosis
Presence of esophageal strictures
Presence of esophageal motility disorder (e.g. achalasia)
Presence of eosinophilic esophagitis
Presence of thrush esophagitis
Patients with corrected esophageal atresia
Patients with psychomotor disabilities

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Differences in the PSPW index between children and adolescents with erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease, with non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease and a control group
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Differences of MNBI and simplified MNBI between children and adolescents with erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease, with non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease and a control group<br><br>Correlation of the novel ph MII parameters with the established standardized evaluated parameters<br><br>Differences of the novel pH MII parameters in children =12 months and children and adolescents >12 months and =18 years
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