H. Pylori Testing for Patients With Non-specific Upper Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department

Completed

Conditions studied: Gastritis, Peptic Ulcer, Peptic Ulcer Perforation, Stomach Ulcer

In brief

This pilot study aims to estimate the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonization in patients presenting with non-specific abdominal pain (NSAP) in an urban academic emergency department (ED) located in Washington, DC.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01376414

Run by

George Washington University

People needed

212

Starts

2011-03-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-08-26

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• For any patient with chief complaint of "ABD", "STOM", "EPIG", "CHEST", "NAUS" "Do you have pain or discomfort or burning in your upper abdomen as the main reason for coming to ER today?"

You may not qualify if…

• The patient LESS than 18 years old.
• Patient does NOT speak English NOR has reliable adult translator.
• Patient does NOT have capacity to give consent? (confused/intoxicated/etc.)
• The patient currently is on antibiotics.
• The patient currently is on a PPI. (eg. Prilosec [omeprazole]), protonix [pantoprazole], prevacid [lansoprazole], aciphex [rabeprazole], nexium [esomeprazole]
• The patient has taken bismuth or pepto-bismol today.
• The patient is known to be or suspected to be pregnant.
• The patient UNABLE to walk to H.pylori Breath test.
• The patient had "recent" negative H.pylori test for same symptoms.
• There an "obvious alternative cause" for pain (per attending).

Where it is running

• George Washington University Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• GWU Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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