NCT01102894

Pilot Study Using a Wireless Motility Capsule

Measurement of Whole Gut Transit Time After a Dietary Fiber Treatment Using a Wireless Motility Capsule

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Minnesota · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Research suggests dietary fiber may decrease transit time through the gastrointestinal tract. Research studies traditionally use radio-opaque markers to determine gastric emptying, colonic transit, and whole gut transit time. The SmartPill is a single use pill that can be used to determine gastric emptying, colonic transit, and whole gut transit time without requiring X-rays or fecal collections. Previous studies have found radio-opaque markers and the SmartPill detect the similar transit times. The purpose of this pilot study is to determine if the SmartPill can detect a change in transit time using a significant dose of dietary fiber.

Detailed description

The ability of a device to track gastrointestinal transit time, including gastric emptying time, was measured in healthy people consuming low and high fiber diets.

Conditions

• Food Selection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	SmartPill	SmartPill

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2010-04-01
• Completion: 2010-04-01
• First posted: 2010-04-13
• Last updated: 2014-11-04
• Results posted: 2014-10-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States