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IS There a Correlation Between Sypmtoms of Gastroparesis and the Duration of Video Caspule Retention in the Stomach

Israel100 participantsStarted 2013-01

Plain-language summary

Gastroparesis is a syndrome characterized by delayed gastric emptying in absence of mechanical obstruction of the stomach. The cardinal symptoms include postprandial fullness (early satiety), nausea, vomiting, and bloating.Capsule endoscopy (CE) has evolved to become a first-line, noninvasive diagnostic technique for the small bowel. CE is now being utilized to assess patients for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, possible Crohn's disease, celiac disease and small bowel tumors. Capsule endoscopy is preformed in a fasting state, and usually past the pylorus of the stomach into the duodenum after up to 30-40 minutes. The aim of the study is to determine the correlation between gasytoparesis symptoms to duration of capsule retention in the stomach

Who can participate

Age range

18 Years

Sex

ALL

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Exclusion criteria

Endoscopic intraduodenal insertion of the capsule -

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What they're measuring

Duration of capsule retention in the stomach

Timeframe: End of capsule examination

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01858220

SponsorSheba Medical Center

Sponsor typeOTHER_GOV

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2014-06

Contact for this trial

Dan Carter, MD

972-3-5302197 carterd@zahav.net.il

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