Status:

COMPLETED

The Effectiveness of Chewing Gum in Influencing Capsule Endoscopy Transit Time

Lead Sponsor:

The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

Conditions:

Gastric Transit Time

Small-bowel Transit Time

Eligibility:

All Genders

16-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of chewing gum, during the first one hour of examination in patients undergoing CE for GTT and SBTT time and the proportion of cases with complete ...

Detailed Description

The participants will include patients who need to a capsule endoscopy (CE) in this unit. The investigators will include 200 participants who had a CE at our centre based on the gastric transit times....

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients aged ≥18 years and \<80 years old presenting for capsule endoscopy. Obtained of written informed consent before the procedure.

Exclusion

  • Patients on motility enhancing and/or slowing drugs(narcotics/prokinetics) should stop these at least 7 days prior to the procedure.
  • Patients, who have proven or suspected obstruction of the bowel.
  • Patients, who have had prior small bowel and/or gastric surgery.
  • Patients, who have a dysphagia prohibiting.
  • Patients with diabetes mellitus and/or hypo-/hyper-thyroidism.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 20 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 31 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

250 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03815136

Start Date

January 20 2019

End Date

July 31 2019

Last Update

May 15 2020

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First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310006