Safety and Efficacy of Carbon Dioxide Gas for Endoscopy

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Abdominal Pain

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of air versus carbon dioxide gas insufflation for endoscopy in children. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: •to determine safety of CO2 Assess patient comfort (abdominal pain, flatulence and bloating) with CO2 use when compared to air.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06134154

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

350

Starts

2024-01-24

Expected to finish

2028-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-23

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Infants and children 6 months to 18 years undergoing any upper endoscopy related procedure including but not limited to EGD/Colonoscopy, ERCP, EGD only, EUS, EGD with foreign body removal, Enteroscopy.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Physical Status Classification System of 4 and above
• Children with chronic lung disease,
• Children who are wards of the state will be excluded.
• Children needing language interpreting services that is not Spanish.

Where it is running

• University of Alabama at Birmingham — Birmingham, Alabama, United States (enrolling)

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