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Value of Oesophagal Videocapsul and Oeso-gastro-duodenal Fiber Endoscopy for the Screening of Oesophagal Varix for Cirrhotic Patients

Comparision of Diagnostic Value of Oesophagal Videocapsul (VCO) and Oeso-gastro-duodenal Fiber Endoscopy (OGDFE) for the Screening of Oesophagal Varix (OV) for Cirrhotic Patients

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00941421
Acronym
VCO-VO
Enrollment
310
Registered
2009-07-17
Start date
2009-09-30
Completion date
2013-02-28
Last updated
2013-06-12

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Conditions

Cirrhotic Patient With Suspicion of Portal Hypertension and in a OV Screening Context

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the equivalence or not of diagnosis ability of oesophagal videocapsul versus oeso-gastro-duodenal fiber endoscopy in the screening of oesophagal varix.

Interventions

DEVICEoesophagal videocapsule and oeso-gastro-duodenal fiberoptic endoscopy

each patient receive one OVC and one OGDFE the same day

Sponsors

Nantes University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* 18\< age\< 80 * Diagnosis of a cirrhosis * suspicion of portal hypertension without known diagnosis of a cirrhosis * Able to give an inform consent

Exclusion criteria

Related to pouplation * case history of cancer or oesophagal surgery * case history of an ORL cancer * case history of evolutive cancer Related to pathology * Previous fiberoptic endoscopy with OV diagnosis * Less than 6 month since last fiberoptic endoscopy Related to tested device * clinical suspicion of oesophagal stenosis for a patient presenting a dysphagia to solids * Zenker diverticuls attested * clinical suspicion of small intestinal stenosis * patient with pace-maker or any other inter device * pregnant women * deglutition troubles withfalse passage and/or conscience troubles

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Presence or not of oesophagal varixeach fiberoptic endoscopy

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Presence of OV with red signseach exam
Presence of big VO or VO with red signs diagnosed by the two examseach patient
Discrimination threshold for OV predictioneach exam
analogical visual scale for tolerance of each exam30 days after last exam

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 5, 2026