Pilot to Assess DBE as a Rescue Technique for Failed PEJ

Mayo Clinic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patients Who Have Failed Conventional DPEJ Placement

Treatments: Procedure: DBE PEJ placement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01057940

09-008410

Details and patient eligibility

About

Is DBE(double balloon enteroscopy)-assisted DPEJ(direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy) a viable option in patients who have failed conventional DPEJ placement and who otherwise would require surgical jejunostomy or parenteral nutrition.

Full description

DBE-assisted DPEJ is a viable option in patients who have failed conventional DPEJ placement and who otherwise would require surgical jejunostomy or parenteral nutrition.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Patients:

Patients who have failed conventional DPEJ tube placement will be offered participation in the study. DBE-assisted DPEJ will be performed on a subsequent day following failed DPEJ. Patients who do not wish to undergo an attempt at DBE-assisted DPEJ will follow-up with their primary caregiver for alternative means of feeding tube placement (e.g., surgical jejunostomy).

Inclusion criteria:

1. Age > 18 years old
2. Appropriate indication for DPEJ tube placement and Nutrition consult approval
3. Absence of bleeding disorder
4. Platelet count > 50,000 and INR < 1.5
5. Ability to give informed consent

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

PEJ placement

Description:

Patients who have failed conventional DPEJ placement and would otherwise require surgical intervention.

Treatment:

Procedure: DBE PEJ placement