Self-Propelled Percutaneous Endoscopic GastroJejunostomy (PEG-J)

Stopped early · Phase 2

Conditions studied: GERD

In brief

This research is being done to study the safety of an investigational percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy (PEGJ) tube and whether the addition of a balloon on the end of the J tube prevents it from slipping back into the stomach.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01551095

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

7

Starts

2012-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 18-90 years
• need for post-pyloric feeding (patients unable to eat due to stroke, intubated patients with respiratory failure, patients with acute pancreatitis, etc)
• ability to give informed consent for the study

You may not qualify if…

• patients with uncorrectable bleeding disorders (INR more than 1.5, platelet count less than 50,000)
• inability to get informed consent for the study from patients or their families
• pregnancy (all women of child-bearing age will undergo urine pregnancy testing)

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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