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Esophageal Foreign BodyNCT03009383

A Bedside Portable Endoscopy for the Esophageal Foreign Body

A study testing A bedside portable endoscopy in people with Esophageal Foreign Body, run by Kyungpook National University Hospital at 1 site in South Korea.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a bedside portable endoscopy is effective in identifying the esophageal foreign body in the emergency room. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 85 years
Conditions the study is for
Esophageal Foreign Body
What is being tested?
A bedside portable endoscopy
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
27 participants
Where
1 siteSouth Korea
Study dates
Oct 2016to Dec 2017
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 85 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients who visit the emergency room due to apparent foreign body in esophagus

Who cannot join

  • Patients unable to insert a portable endoscopy through the nasal cavity
  • Patients unable to undergo conventional esophagogastroduodenoscopy for a gold standard examination

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

South Korea1 site
  • Kyungpook National University Hospital

    Daegu, 41944

Other trials in South Korea

About this study

Official title: Efficacy of a Bedside Portable Endoscopy on Identifying the Esophageal Foreign Body

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a bedside portable endoscopy is effective in identifying the esophageal foreign body in the emergency room.

Being tested
A bedside portable endoscopy

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • A bedside portable endoscopyDevice

Study groups in NCT03009383
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
A bedside portable endoscopyExperimentalNot described
Receives: Device: A bedside portable endoscopy

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the bedside portable endoscopy to identify esophageal foreign body defined by comparison with conventional esophagogastroduodenoscopy as a gold standard method

    Measured: Within 1 hr after procedure

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted4 Jan 2017 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2016
  3. Primary completionOct 2017
  4. Study completionDec 2017

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
27 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03009383
Sponsor's protocol ID
KNUH20161227
Status last verified
Jul 2018
First submitted
26 Dec 2016
Last updated
23 Jul 2018
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Choi JH, Choi JH, Lee YJ, Lee HK, Choi WY, Kim ES, Park KS, Cho KB, Jang BK, Chung WJ, Hwang JS. Comparison of a novel bedside portable endoscopy device with nasogastric aspiration for identifying upper gastrointestinal bleeding. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Jul 7;20(25):8221-8. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i25.8221.

    PubMed 25009396

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing A bedside portable endoscopy in people with Esophageal Foreign Body, run by Kyungpook National University Hospital at 1 site in South Korea.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Jul 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in South Korea. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the bedside portable endoscopy to identify esophageal foreign body defined by comparison with conventional esophagogastroduodenoscopy as a gold standard method (time frame: Within 1 hr after procedure). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03009383, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Jul 2018.

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