Endosonography For Right Side Acute Intestinal Mal-Symptoms (EFRAIM- Study)

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01080690

Acronym

EFRAIM

Enrollment

240

Registered

2010-03-04

Start date

2010-01-31

Completion date

2010-12-31

Last updated

2010-03-04

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Conditions

Abdominal Pain

Keywords

endosonography, right side abdominal pain, Endosonography (diagnostic value in right side abdominal pain)

Brief summary

Hypothesis: Endosonography (EUS) in a single setting is equivalent to the standard algorithm combining abdominal sonography, gastroscopy, endosonography in patients with acute right side abdominal pain. Patients with acute right side abdominal pain will be randomized in one of two groups. In each group all examinations (sonography, gastroscopy, endosonography) will be performed. The study group only defines the order of the examinations. Abdominal sonography will always be performed before endoscopic procedures. In group 1, gastroscopy is first followed by endosonography. In group 2 endosonography is first followed by gastroscopy. Two physicians will review all results of all examinations, patient charts as well as a follow up visit and establish a clinical diagnosis. Yield of the clinical diagnosis by EUS results alone will be compared to the yield by combined results of sonography, EGD and EUS.

Interventions

PROCEDUREEGD

In this arm EGD will be performed before EUS.

PROCEDUREEUS

In this arm EUS will be performed before EGD.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* acute right side abdominal pain * willing participate study

Exclusion criteria

* acute disease * malignancy * other disease which might cause discomfort

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Yield of the clinical diagnosis by EUS results alone will be compared to the yield by combined results of sonography, EGD and EUS.	within the first week of complaints

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Calculate the time and cost savings and number of procedures for endosonography alone versus the combined approach of abd. sonography, gastroscopy and endosonography.	one year

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Primary ContactValentin Becker, Dr.

valentin.becker@lrz.tum.de+49 89 41400

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026