A Bedside Portable Endoscopy for the Esophageal Foreign Body

Efficacy of a Bedside Portable Endoscopy on Identifying the Esophageal Foreign Body

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03009383

Enrollment

Registered

2017-01-04

Start date

2016-10-31

Completion date

2017-12-31

Last updated

2018-07-23

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Conditions

Esophageal Foreign Body

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a bedside portable endoscopy is effective in identifying the esophageal foreign body in the emergency room.

Interventions

DEVICEA bedside portable endoscopy

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who visit the emergency room due to apparent foreign body in esophagus

Exclusion criteria

* Patients unable to insert a portable endoscopy through the nasal cavity * Patients unable to undergo conventional esophagogastroduodenoscopy for a gold standard examination

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the bedside portable endoscopy to identify esophageal foreign body defined by comparison with conventional esophagogastroduodenoscopy as a gold standard method	Within 1 hr after procedure

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

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