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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN15324190
ISRCTN15324190
Completed
Not Applicable

Age, smoking and weight are main contributors for the development of intestinal metaplasia of the cardia

Geneva University Hospital (Switzerland)0 sites200 target enrollmentFebruary 18, 2010

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Intestinal metaplasia of the cardia (IMC)
Sponsor
Geneva University Hospital (Switzerland)
Enrollment
200
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 18, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Geneva University Hospital (Switzerland)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. All patients scheduled for an elective digestive endoscopy (upper gastrointestinal endoscopy) over a 3 year period allowing us to include at least 200 patients.
  • 2\. Living in Switzerland and can understand French
  • 3\. Outpatients only
  • 4\. Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Age \< 18 years
  • 2\. Pregnancy
  • 3\. Patients unable to give their own consent
  • 4\. Patients that had already undergone prior endoscopy
  • 5\. Previous history of upper\-digestive surgery
  • 6\. Severe bleeding diathesis (platelet count \<50,000/mm3
  • 7\. Prothrombin rate \<50%)
  • 8\. Psychiatric diseases
  • 9\. Allergy to lidocaine

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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