A Prospective Evaluation of Same Day Bidirectional Endoscopy for Occult Bleeding

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Occult GI Bleeding

In brief

This study is a prospective evaluation of patients with occult (hidden) GI bleeding without iron deficiency. Such patients usually undergo a diagnostic colonoscopy as a standard of care. The study is aimed to determine any UGI-source of occult bleeding and to correlate UGI symptoms with findings. Therefore, EGD is being offered to such patients as part of research. We proposed to enroll 200 consecutive patients referred to our GI-unit for expedited diagnostic colonoscopy for positive FOBT.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00636597

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

200

Starts

2007-04-01

Expected to finish

2011-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-10-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Outpatients referred for occult bleeding (iron deficiency or FOBT positivity)

You may not qualify if…

• Overt bleeding (melena, hematochezia)
• Abnormal luminal imaging
• Prior EGD or colonoscopy within 1 year

Where it is running

• VA Western New York Healthcare System at Buffalo — Buffalo, New York, United States

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