Pilot Study to Image the Esophagus Using a SECM Tethered Endoscopic Capsule

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Healthy, Barrett's Esophagus, Gastric Acid Reflux

In brief

The goal of this research is to test the imaging quality of the modified, larger diameter, tethered Spectrally Encoded Confocal Microscopy (SECM) capsule in healthy subjects, subjects with Barrett's Esophagus (BE), and subjects with Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02445014

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

3

Starts

2014-12-01

Expected to finish

2020-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-08-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects must be 1) a healthy volunteer (18 years or older), or 2) a subject with prior diagnosis of BE (18 years or older), or 3) a subject with prior diagnosis of GERD (18 years or older).
• AND Subject must be able to give informed consent.
• AND Subject must eat no solid foods for 8 hours before the procedure and only clear liquids for 2 hours before the procedure.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects with any history of or known upper gastrointestinal strictures
• OR Subjects with a history of Crohn's disease,
• OR Subjects with difficulty swallow

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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