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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00671684
Date of registration: 01/05/2008
Primary sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Public title: Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) for Diagnosis of Hirschsprung's Disease EDGE
Scientific title: Endoscopic Mucosal Resection for the Diagnosis of a-Ganglionosis, a Controlled Prospective Trial
Date of first enrolment: October 2007
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00671684
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Braden Kuo, MD
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Affiliation:  MGH
Name:   Clarissa Foy, NP
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Name:   Field F Willingham, MD, MPH
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Name:   Garrett C Zella, MD
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Name:   Leonel Rodriguez, MD
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Name:   Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD
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Name:   William R Brugge, MD, FASGE
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients offered a rectal suction biopsy

Exclusion Criteria:

- any contraindication to general anesthesia or conscious sedation

- contraindication to endoscopy

- untreated or unmanageable coaguloapathy

- thrombocytopenia (<50)

- inability to provide informed consent.



Age minimum: 10 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Constipation
Hirschsprung's Disease
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)
Primary Outcome(s)
The major goal of this study is to test the hypothesis that EMR will result in a higher proportion of diagnostic specimens than RSB in patients sent for rectal suction biopsy. [Time Frame: April 2009]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary outcome variables include the size of the specimen, the presence of ganglionic tissue, the presence of submucosal tissue, and the positivity of the acetylcholinesterase stain. [Time Frame: April 2009]
Secondary ID(s)
2007P001577
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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