Ingestion of Simethicone After Capsule Ingestion and Its Impact on Quality of Video Capsule Endoscopy- a Pilot Study

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Video Capsule Endoscopy

In brief

Wireless video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is a non-invasive technology that looks into small intestine and gives images of its lumen as the wireless capsule passes through it. It is used widely to access this anatomically difficult part of the body that cannot be seen via either colonoscopy or endoscopy. Currently various studies have been done that give multiple comparisons between various bowel preparation in terms of quality of the small bowel visualization. No studies have been done where simethicone (Gas-X) is ingested after capsule swallowing. We intend to give patients simethicone 1 hour after capsule ingestion for two consecutive hours and compare results of capsule endoscopy outcomes like small bowel transit time (SBTT), diagnostic yield (DY), small bowel visualization quality (SBVQ) and completion rate (CR).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03166605

Run by

Albany Medical College

People needed

36

Starts

2017-05-03

Expected to finish

2019-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-06-26

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• patients aged 18 and older
• patients undergoing capsule endoscopy for standard of care
• patients able to give consent for themselves

You may not qualify if…

• prisoners

Where it is running

• Albany medical center — Albany, New York, United States (enrolling)

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