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Reduce Patient Discomfort With Water Exchange Method During Upper Endoscopy

Taiwan250 participantsStarted 2019-05-01

Plain-language summary

The aim of the study was to evaluate the application of water exchange method to upper endoscopy. We hypothesize that water exchange during upper endoscopy could reduce patient discomfort. The primary outcome will be the patient discomfort score during upper endoscopy. The secondary outcomes will include cleanliness score, techniques adequacy score, findings of the EGD, and willing to repeat the procedure, as well as the patient and endoscopist satisfaction score with the method.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Eligible patients will include those anticipated to undergo EGD , aged 20 to 65 at the time of enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * a therapeutic EGD * sedation with other agents * American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) risk Class 3 or higher, renal failure * age less than 20 years or more than 65 years * pregnancy * refusal to provide written informed consent. All participants signed written informed consents

What they're measuring

Discomfort during the procedure

Timeframe: 5 minutes after the procedure

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04502485

SponsorYu-Hsi hsieh

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-06-30

Contact for this trial

Yu-Hsi Hsieh, MD

886-5-2648000 hsieh.yuhsi@msa.hinet.net

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