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Examination of the Large Intestine With Camera Capsule in Patients With Blood Stream Infection With Gut-associated Bacteria
Led by Odense University Hospital · Updated on 2025-11-18
100
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
136 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this observational study is to diagnose colorectal cancer or precancerous tumors in participants over the age of 18 hospitalized with blood stream infection with anaerobic gut-associated bacteria. The main question it aims to answer is: • How prevalent is cancer and precancerous tumors in the large intestines and rectum in patients with anaerobic bacteremia? Participants will be offered an examination using colon capsule endoscopy 4-8 weeks after discharge.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Examination of the Large Intestine With Camera Capsule in Patients With Blood Stream Infection With Gut-associated Bacteria
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Older than 18 years
- Blood culture with growth of one or more of the following bacterial genera Bacteroides, Clostridium, Filifactor, Fusobacterium, Gemella, Granulicatella, Parvimonas, Peptostreptococcus, Prevotella, Solobacterium, Peptoniphilus, Ruminococcus, Finegoldia and Streptococcus
- Able to provide oral and written informed consent
- Able to read and speak Danish
You will not qualify if you...
- Prior colorectal cancer diagnosis
- History of stenosis of the gastrointestinal tract
- Previous treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
- Previous major surgery of the gastrointestinal tract (e.g. gastric bypass)
- Colostomy
- Pacemaker/ICD
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Allergies to the bowel preparation regimen
- Severe kidney disease
- Focus of infection in skin and soft tissue or outside the truncus (e.g. decubitus, diabetic foot ulcer)
- Tumor in the colon or rectum at diagnostic imaging
- Transfer to other hospital outside the region
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Odense University Hospital
Odense, Denmark, 5000
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Research Team
C
Charlotte Nielsen Agergaard, MD
CONTACT
M
Mark Bremholm Ellebæk, Professor
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
0
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