NCT02219568

Efficacy of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy and CT Enterography in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Efficacy of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy and CT Enterography in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding : Prospective Blinded Comparative Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mahidol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy between video capsule endoscopy and CT enterography in diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding.

Detailed description

All adult patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding will undergo both video capsule endoscopy and CT enterography. The interval between two tests will be less than 1 month. The capsule reading gastroenterologist and the CT reading radiologist are blinded to each others' results.

Conditions

• Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	CT enterography	CT enterography is performed using 64-channel multi-detector row CT scanners (Siemens Sensation 64, Siemens Medical solution, Forchiem, Germany). Prior to the scan, 1500 cc of a neutral oral-enteric contrast material, polyethylene glycol (NIFLEC) is taken by the patient. During the scan, 2cc/kg of intravenous contrast (iohexol, Ominipaque Amersham GE-Health care, Princeton, NJ) is injected at the velocity 5 cc/sec.
DEVICE	video capsule endoscopy	Video capsule endoscopy is performed using PillCam SB (Given Imaging, Yokneam, Israel). Polyethylene glycol (NIFLEC) is used for bowel preparation.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2014-10-01
• First posted: 2014-08-19
• Last updated: 2015-07-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand