Assessment of Gastric Emptying Speed in Patients Who Experience Diarrhea Following a Trigger Meal
Status:
Withdrawn
Trial end date:
2011-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The rapid diarrhea that patients experience who have diarrhea occurring after eating specific
foods may be causing a "physiologic gastric dumping syndrome". This means that rather than
the food being kept in the stomach for normal digestion, it rapidly goes into the small
intestine and diarrhea occurs. This study is designed to measure how fast the food empties
from the stomach when a person with this problem consumes a "regular diet", compared to a
meal with a "triggering substance". Each participant will swallow a radio frequency capsule
that with the different meals that will show how fast the food is traveling through the
intestines in the different situations.