Study of Endoscopic Barrett's Esophagus Diagnosis

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: GERD; Barrett's Esophagus

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00591461

IRB00003558

Details and patient eligibility

About

Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a condition that often occurs in patients who have had GERD for a long time. The researchers are interested in BE because it can sometimes become a cancer in the esophagus. The way that we currently diagnose BE is by performing an upper endoscopy and looking for a change in the color of the esophagus. This color change may represent BE. If the doctor sees this, he/she may take biopsies of this area.

Studies have shown that making the diagnosis of BE can be hard to make. One of the reasons why this may be is because doctors may interpret what they see differently during the procedure. In other words, they may see an esophagus that appears normal in color or abnormal in color.

The purpose of this study is to compare two doctors' impressions of the appearance of the esophagus during a single endoscopy procedure.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• History of (h/o) GERD
• Upper GI symptoms such as acid taste in mouth, dysphagia, dyspepsia
• Screening or surveillance exam for BE

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to consent
• History of esophageal varices

Trial design

13 participants in 1 patient group

1

Description:

Study participants must be older than 18 years of age who are having an endoscopy performed to evaluate symptoms of GERD such as heartburn, acid taste in the mouth, dysphagia, dyspepsia, or those who are having a screening/surveillance exam for BE.