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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00481949
Date of registration: 01/06/2007
Primary sponsor: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Public title: Assessment of Gastro-esophageal Reflux Using Endo-Flip vs Bravo
Scientific title: What is the Physiologic and Clinical Relevance of Oesophagogastric Junction Distensibility? Studies Using Endo-Flip and 96 Hour Wireless pH System
Date of first enrolment: September 2010
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00481949
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:   Mark Fox, MD
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Affiliation:  Honorary Consultant and Senior Lecturer
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Provision of written, fully informed consent to undergo mechanistic procedures:
Endo-FLIP, endoscopy and biopsy, 4 day wireless pH monitoring by the Bravo system

- All subjects should be off acid suppression medication (e.g. PPI, H2RA) for at least
5 days prior to endoscopy

Exclusion Criteria:

- Significant gastrointestinal symptoms or disease other than reflux

- Previous upper GI surgery or interventions such as oesophageal dilatations

- Predominant symptoms of motility disorders, e.g. dysphagia

- Presence of major oesophageal dysmotility on manometry, e.g. achalasia

- Significant co-morbidity requiring ongoing treatment or investigation

- Physical, neurological or psychiatric conditions preventing repeated visits to
hospital or compliance with study procedures (e.g. physical impairment/reduced
mobility)

- Pregnant at the time of enrolment

- No haematological abnormalities (no anticoagulants)

- No medications influencing gastrointestinal function within 3 days of the study.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Gastro-esophageal Reflux
Heartburn
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Diagnostic reliability of prolonged wireless pH monitoring and comparison oesophago-gastric junction distensibility [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Prediction of treatment outcome with Endo-Flip and Bravo [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
05/20702/84
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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