Overview

Ingestion of Simethicone After Capsule Ingestion and Its Impact on Quality of Video Capsule Endoscopy- a Pilot Study

Status:
Unknown status

Trial end date:
2019-06-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

Wireless video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is a non-invasive technology that looks into small intestine and gives images of its lumen as the wireless capsule passes through it. It is used widely to access this anatomically difficult part of the body that cannot be seen via either colonoscopy or endoscopy. Currently various studies have been done that give multiple comparisons between various bowel preparation in terms of quality of the small bowel visualization. No studies have been done where simethicone (Gas-X) is ingested after capsule swallowing. We intend to give patients simethicone 1 hour after capsule ingestion for two consecutive hours and compare results of capsule endoscopy outcomes like small bowel transit time (SBTT), diagnostic yield (DY), small bowel visualization quality (SBVQ) and completion rate (CR).

Phase:

N/A

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Albany Medical College

Treatments:

Simethicone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patients aged 18 and older

- patients undergoing capsule endoscopy for standard of care

- patients able to give consent for themselves

Exclusion Criteria:

• prisoners