Status:

TERMINATED

A Study to Examine the Human Gastrointestinal Tract Using the Confocal Endomicroscope

Lead Sponsor:

Yale University

Conditions:

Digestive System Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The goal of the project is to determine whether confocal endomicroscopy can be used to identify and discriminate among dysplastic, neoplastic, and nonneoplastic tissue, as compared with histologic spe...

Detailed Description

This study was amended from it's initial design to increase the number of patients to 200. The study was terminated in July 2016 after 106 patients were enrolled and had completed the study.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with long-standing reflux symptoms, undergoing surveillance for Barrett's esophagus, or scheduled for endoscopic therapy with esophageal dysplasia
  • Patients undergoing ERCP for known or suspected biliary strictures.

Exclusion

  • have a known allergy or have had a prior adverse reaction to fluorescent contrast agents or chromoendoscopy stains
  • are younger than age 18 or who are mentally or legally incapacitated or unable to give informed consent
  • are pregnant or breastfeeding
  • patients with advanced esophageal cancer
  • acute gastrointestinal bleeding
  • coagulopathy
  • impaired renal function

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

106 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01262937

Start Date

July 1 2009

End Date

July 1 2016

Last Update

February 26 2018

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Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520