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Setting the Shortest Examination Time of Gastroscopy to Improve the Detection Rate of Upper Gastrointestinal Tumors

Setting the Shortest Examination Time of Gastroscopy to Improve the Detection Rate of Upper Gastrointestinal Tumors: a Multi-center, Prospective, Controlled Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04602299
Enrollment
2000
Registered
2020-10-26
Start date
2020-11-01
Completion date
2022-01-15
Last updated
2022-03-18

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Conditions

Detection Rate, Early Gastric Cancer, Gastroscopy Time

Brief summary

This multicenter, prospective, interventional study aims to include 2000 gastroscopic procedures and investigate the relationship between procedure time and lesion detection rate in tertiary endoscopic centers in China. At the first stage, the researchers observe the actual procedure time of gastroscopies without affecting the natural behavior of endoscopists. At the second stage, a minimal time limit will be set for each procedure based on the observational results of the first stage. The primary study outcome is focal lesion detection rate. Secondary outcomes include detection rate of early upper GI cancer, biopsy rate and adverse event rate.

Detailed description

China is a country with a heavy burden of gastric cancer and esophageal cancer. In 2015, the incidence/mortality of gastric cancer and esophageal cancer in China were 680000/500000 and 220000/200000, respectively. Gastroscopy is the most important means to detect early cancer of gastrointestinal tract. However, due to various factors, the miss rate of clinical significant lesions by gastroscopy is innegligible. Our previous research results showed that the detection rate of early gastric cancer and early esophageal cancer in China was only about 15%. This study aims to include 2000 gastroscopic procedures and investigate the relationship between procedure time and lesion detection rate in tertiary endoscopic centers in China. At the first stage, the researchers observe the actual procedure time of gastroscopies without affecting the natural behavior of endoscopists. Then, researchers collect the data (including focal lesion detection rate, procedure time, detection rate of early upper GI cancer, biopsy rate and adverse event rate) and analyze the minimal procedure time. At the second stage, a minimal time limit will be set for each procedure. Every stage last two months, and potential correlations between lesion detection rate and procedure time will be investigated through subsequent statistical analysis.

Interventions

OTHERSet the minimum time of gastroscopy

This study contains 2 stages. At the first stage, no interventions are implemented. The researchers just observe the actual procedure time of gastroscopy. At the second stage, a minimal procedure time is set based on the observational results of the first stage.

Sponsors

Changhai Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* No history of benign and malignant tumors (including carcinoma and adenoma) of upper GI (including esophagus, stomach and duodenum) * undergo gastroscopy with intravenous anesthesia (or conscious sedation)

Exclusion criteria

* Subjects with focal lesions detected by gastroscopy within 1 year * Subjects that cannot stand the gastroscopy procedure or cannot cooperate with endosccopists * Emergency endoscopy and therapeutic endoscopy * Subjects with history of esophageal or stomach surgery or endoscopic surgery * Pregnant * Subjects that taking antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs which contradicts endoscopic biopsy * Subjects with other serious complications that affect the speed of gastroscopy * Subjects that refuse to cooperate with data collection or sign the informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
focal lesion detection ratetwo monthsnumber of gastroscopy procedures that detects focal lesions divided by the number of all gastroscopy procedures

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
detection rate of high risk lesionstwo monthsnumber of gastroscopy procedures that detect upper GI cancers (gastric or esophageal cancer), dysplasia and intestinal metaplasia divided by the number of all gastroscopy procedures
endoscopic biopsy ratetwo monthsnumber of gastroscopy procedures with biopsy divided by the number of all gastroscopy procedures
detection rate of neoplastic lesionstwo monthsnumber of gastroscopy procedures that detect upper GI cancers divided by the number of all gastroscopy procedures
mean (median) examination time for normal EGDs without biopsytwo monthsmean (median) examination time for all normal EGDs without biopsy
rate of procedures reaching the minimal timetwo monthsnumber of gastroscopy procedures that reach the minimal time divided by the number of all gastroscopy procedures

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

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