Clinical trials: Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders
OSA - Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Dysphagia
Effects of Surgery on Oral Frailty and Dysphagia in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Dysphagia is a commonly reported complaint among patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), particularly those who have undergone upper-airway (oropharyngeal) surgery.
- Conditions
- OSA - Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Dysphagia, Oral Frailty
- Trial name
- NCT07880067
- Testing
- Upper airway surgery for OSA, Non-surgical management
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- National Sun Yat-sen University
Variceal Bleeding
Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Vitamin K1 in Management of Acute Variceal Bleeding
The administration of Vitamin K1 (Vit-K1) injection is frequently utilized in clinical practice for managing upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) associated with liver cirrhosis, despite insufficient evidence supporting its…
- Trial name
- NCT06839352
- Testing
- Vitamin K1
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Zagazig University
Digestive System Disease, Diagnoses Disease
A Novel Portable Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy System
The application of conventional endoscopy in remote and outdoor areas lacking facilities remains challenges. Thus, the investigators developed a novel portable upper gastrointestinal endoscopy system that has the same functions…
- Trial name
- NCT05211258
- Testing
- a novel portable upper gastrointestinal endoscopy system
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Changhai Hospital
Esophageal Stricture, Eosinophilic Esophagitis
EndoFLIP Use in Upper GI Tract Stenosis
The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of a functional luminal imaging probe to characterize benign esophageal luminal strictures before and after dilation and identify predictors of response to therapy.
- Conditions
- Esophageal Stricture, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Zenkers Diverticulum, Schatzki Ring
- Trial name
- EndoFLIP (NCT02354716)
- Testing
- EndoFLIP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Gastrointestinal Disease, Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
Nexium Dyspepsia/AST
The aim is to evaluate if the resolution of upper abdominal symptoms (pain or burning) during an acid suppressive test trial of esomprazole given daily for 7 days predicts symptoms resolution at the end of a subsequent treatment…
- Conditions
- Gastrointestinal Disease, Signs and Symptoms, Digestive, Dyspepsia
- Trial name
- NCT00251914
- Testing
- Esomeprazole
- Where
- 215 sites in Argentina, Belgium and 15 more
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- AstraZeneca
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Hexacapron
The Use of Hexacapron in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized control trial, double-blind study to compare Hexacapron with standard of care treatment to standard of care alone to evaluate the efficacy of adding effect of Hexacapron to…
- Conditions
- Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Hexacapron, Hemostasis, Rebleeding
- Trial name
- HEXUGI (NCT02071316)
- Testing
- Hexacapron( Tranexamic acid), esomeprazole
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Esophageal Neoplasms, Stomach Neoplasms
Longitudinal Assessment of Gut Hormone Secretion Following Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery for Cancer
Surgery is the cornerstone of treatment for patients with oesophageal or gastric cancer, but while surgical removal of the tumour (oesophagectomy or gastrectomy) may offer the best chance of cure, these are major operations…
- Conditions
- Esophageal Neoplasms, Stomach Neoplasms, Weight Loss, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT02385630
- Testing
- Standardized 400kcal semi-liquid meal
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- St. James's Hospital, Ireland
Perforated Peptic Ulcer
The LAMA Trial: Laparoscopic Correction of Perforated Peptic Ulcer Versus Open Correction
This is a multicenter trial comparing laparoscopic correction of a perforated peptic ulcer with the open technique by upper laparotomy.
- Trial name
- LAMA (NCT00745667)
- Testing
- laparoscopic surgery, Upper laparotomy
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 109 people
- Sponsor
- Erasme University Hospital
Upper GI Bleeding
Presence or Absence of Blood in the GI Lumen
Bleedings in the upper digestive tract are common. Usually, laboratory and clinical parameters are considered to establish a suspicion for a bleeding in the digestive tract and to estimate urgency of the situation.
- Trial name
- NCT05415124
- Testing
- HemoPill, Endoscopy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer
Irinotecan and Paclitaxel in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Cancer of the Esophagus or Stomach
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00020761
- Testing
- irinotecan hydrochloride, paclitaxel
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Colorectal Cancer, BRAF V600E Mutation Positive
Encorafenib Plus Cetuximab in a Neoadjuvant Setting in Patients With BRAF Mutation Localised Colon or Upper Rectum Cancer
This is a pilot trial which aims to assess the concept of anti-BRAF neoadjuvant treatment (encorafenib) in combination with cetuximab in patients with colon cancer or rT3/T4 supra-peritoneal upper rectal cancer based on a…
- Trial name
- NEORAF (NCT05706779)
- Testing
- Encorafenib Oral Capsule + Cetuximab
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Federation Francophone de Cancerologie Digestive
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Hematemesis; With Ulcer
Efficacy and Safety of Nexpowder™ for Non-variceal, Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
The purpose of this pilot clinical trial is to confirm the efficacy and safety of Nexpowder™ for hemostasis in pilot cohort of patients with NVUGIB in Singapore
- Conditions
- Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Hematemesis; With Ulcer, Endoscopy
- Trial name
- NCT06269588
- Testing
- Nexpowder
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Changi General Hospital
Appendicitis
Laparoscopic Clipping Versus Extracorporeal Ligation in Complicated Appendicitis Upper Egypt Overview
The investigators aim to compare between laparoscopic clipping and extracorporeal ligation in complicated appendicitis regarding safety, efficacy, operative time, postoperative outcome, hospital stay and complications.
- Trial name
- NCT05637554
- Testing
- Laparoscopic appendectomy using clipping., Laparoscopic appendectomy using extracorporeal ligation to secure the base of the appendix.
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer
The Efficacy and Safety of Accufuser Omnibus® (Elastomeric Infusion Pump); Comparative Clinical Trial
Acute post-operative pain causes not only discomfort for the patient, but delays recovery by increasing the morbidity of the circulatory system, respiratory system, and immune system, so pain control is one of the important…
- Trial name
- NCT01976494
- Testing
- The domestic PCA equipment 'Accufuser Omnibus®', Imported PCA equipment 'Infusor SV®, Baxter, USA'
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yonsei University
Gastroesophageal Reflux
Diagnostic Tests in Supra-Esophageal Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (SE-GERD)
After defining the manometric characteristics of UES incompetence associated with documented pharyngeal reflux, we will determine the reproducibility of manometric criteria for UES incompetence in prevention of pharyngeal reflux.
- Trial name
- SE-GERD (NCT05695846)
- Testing
- externally applied cricoid cartilage pressure
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Prospective Assessment of the Rockall Risk ScoringSystem in Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
This study aimed to Assess the validity of the Rockall score for the prediction of rebleeding and death in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Trial name
- NCT02405286
- Testing
- Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Gastric Cancer
Laparoscopy-assisted Proximal Gastrectomy Versus and Laparoscopy-assisted Total Gastrectomy
The choice of surgical strategy for patients with proximal gastric cancer is controversial mainly because proximal gastrectomy is infamous for high rates of reflux symptoms and anastomotic stricture.
- Trial name
- PRAPT (NCT01433861)
- Testing
- Laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 7 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Upper Gastrointestinal Disorder
Early Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Performed Bedside Using Single-use Disposable Endoscope
We aim to evaluate whether the use of single-use gastroscopes at the bedside can reduce the time from clinical indication to procedure compared to reusable gastroscopes used in the endoscopy unit for patients referred for…
- Trial name
- NCT07033286
- Testing
- Ambu aScope Gastro, Diagnostic gastroscopes, Olympus
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- Zealand University Hospital
Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
Endoscopic Resection of Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
The study aims to retrospectively investigate the endoscopic resection procedures of cancerous and precancerous lesions of the upper and lower digestive tract in order to evaluate the efficacy and safety outcomes and to compare…
- Conditions
- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection, Gastric Neoplasm, Colonic Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT04780256
- Testing
- Endoscopic resection
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
Ultrasound Evaluation of Superior Mesenteric Artery Measurements in a Healthy Pediatric Population
Multicenter, prospective, observational research project on children aged from 10 to 15 years old undergoing abdominal ultrasound examinations during routine clinical practice.
- Trial name
- NCT04515251
- Testing
- Ultrasound measurements
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 289 people
- Sponsor
- Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona