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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT02555228
Date of registration: 13/09/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Changi General Hospital
Public title: Small Volume Simethicone Before Gastroscopy: Any Benefit?
Scientific title: Benefits of Premedication With Small Volume Simethicone Solution Before Diagnostic Gastroscopy: A Randomized Endoscopist-blinded Prospective Study
Date of first enrolment: August 2015
Target sample size: 54
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02555228
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Singapore
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Planned for an elective diagnostic gastroscopy by the attending gastroenterologist

- Age of at least 21 years old

- Mentally competent and able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Category A patients (incarcerated prisoners)

- adults who are unable to give their own informed consent due to lack of mental
capacity

- suspected gastrointestinal bleeding

- suspected impacted foreign material

- suspected gastric outlet obstruction

- suspected esophageal obstruction

- history of dysphagia

- known hypersensitivity to simethicone

- previous gastrectomy



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Lesion of Stomach
Intervention(s)
Other: Water
Drug: Simethicone
Primary Outcome(s)
Total Cumulative Mucosal Visibility Score [Time Frame: This will be calculated during the diagnostic gastroscopy, an expected duration of 10 minutes.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Mucosal Visibility Score Per Area as Determined by Mc Nally Score: [Time Frame: This will be calculated during the diagnostic gastroscopy, an expected duration of 10 minutes.]
Volume of Additional Manual Flushes Required During Endoscopy in Mls [Time Frame: This will be calculated during the diagnostic gastroscopy, an expected duration of 10 minutes.]
Adverse Events in Each Group Which May or May Not be Related to Simethicone Solution [Time Frame: Participants will be followed from ingestion of the premedication to the time of discharge from the endoscopy center, an estimated duration. of 3 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
CGH-QIPSMJ
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 15/03/2016
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02555228
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