The Role of Narrow-Band Imaging Endoscopy in Diagnosing Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Dyspepsia

Treatments: Procedure: Gastric mucosal biopsy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00673699

HY-07/2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if endoscope with NBI(narrow banding imaging)can detect intestinal metaplasia( consider pre malignant condition) and use a targeting biopsy in case of suspected intestinal metaplasia

Full description

To detect intestinal metaplasia which consider pre malignant condition and use a targeting biopsy in case of suspected intestinal metaplasia which allowed us to better follow-up those patients.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dyspepsia

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy,
• Upper gastrointestinal bleeding,
• Previous gastric operation,
• Known gastric malignancy'
• Non cooperative patients

Trial design

70 participants in 1 patient group

A

Description:

Seventy dyspeptic consecutive patients that going upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Treatment:

Procedure: Gastric mucosal biopsy