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Detection of Barrett s Esophagus in Patients Without GERD Symptoms

Detection of Barrett s Esophagus in Patients Without Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Symptoms

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04880044
Enrollment
132
Registered
2021-05-10
Start date
2022-01-05
Completion date
2025-02-25
Last updated
2026-03-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Barrett's Esophagus

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to develop a method to detect Barrett's esophagus (BE) in individuals with a new office-based diagnostic test.

Detailed description

This study will investigate whether using EsoCheck/EsoGuard(EC/EG) can detect BE in individuals at risk for BE who are currently not being detected and are not undergoing routine esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (EGD) BE can only be diagnosed by performing upper endoscopy. Up to 500 adults who have risk factors for BE but do not have chronic heartburn or regurgitation will be enrolled in this study. This will include the EsoCheck/EsoGuard determination along with the upper endoscopy for qualifying EsoGuard negative subjects

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTEsoCheck/EsoGuard (EC/EG)

EC is a swallowed capsule on a tethered catheter that obtains a touch sample of the distal esophagus. The obtained sample is placed in a buffer and sent to a diagnostics lab for testing of methylated markers from extracted DNA. EG is a methylated DNA test . A positive EG is associated with Barrett's esophagus at all its stages.

SOC diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract down to the duodenum. Tissue samples collected.

Sponsors

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* No known coagulopathy, no known esophageal varices. * No significant dysphagia or odynophagia * Absence of chronic GERD, defined as five or more years of heartburn or regurgitation with symptoms at least once a week when not on medications for GERD symptoms. * Subjects to qualify must meet criterion 3, be over age 50, and have two additional risk factors for BE (white race, central obesity defined as waist size \>35 inches for women and \>40 inches for men, male gender, current smoker or smoking history \>10 pack years, confirmed family history in at least two members with one being a first degree relative).

Exclusion criteria

* History of prior EGD procedure * Inability to provide written informed consent * History of weekly of more frequent heartburn or regurgitation for five or more years * On anti-coagulant drug(s)that cannot be temporarily discontinued or coagulopathy with international normalized ratio (INR) \> 1.5 * Known history of esophageal varices or esophageal stricture * Any contraindication, as deemed inInvestigator's medical judgment, to undergoing the EsoCheck procedure, undergoing the EGDprocedure,and/or having biopsies taken, including but not limited to due to comorbidities such as coagulopathy or a known history of esophageal diverticula, esophageal fistula and/or esophageal ulceration * History of difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) or painful swallowing (odynophagia), including swallowing pills * Oropharyngeal tumor * History of esophageal or gastric surgery, with exception on uncomplicated surgical fundoplication procedure * History of myocardial infarction or cerebrovascular accident within past 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of EC/EG in a Non-GERD Population That Has Three or More Non-GERD Risk Factors for BE.Up to 2 monthsPPV of EC/EG in a non-GERD population that has three or more non-GERD risk factors for BE. Participants who are at risk will be offered EC/EG. Those who are positive will undergo subsequent EGD PPV = (EC/EG positive \& EGD positive) / ((EC/EG positive \& EGD positive) + (EC/EG positive \& EGD negative))
Proportion of Participants Negative Via EC/EG Who Subsequently Are Proven Negative Via EGDUp to 2 monthsNegative Predictive Value (NPV): Proportion of participants negative via EC/EG who subsequently are proven negative via EGD. This will be measured by offering EGD to a proportion of patients who are EC/EG negative.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAmitabh Chak, MD

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic
Age, Customized
40-49
0 Participants
Age, Customized
50-59
62 Participants
Age, Customized
60-69
52 Participants
Age, Customized
70-79
16 Participants
Age, Customized
80-89
2 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
2 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
121 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
9 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
125 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
9 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
123 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 132
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 132
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 132

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 11, 2026