inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: disease history > 8 years; endoscopic and histopathological evidence of UC; and current inactive disease assessed by the modified Truelove and Witts severity index (of
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: allergy to fluorescein; non-correctable coagulopathy; age * 18 years; and inability to give informed consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcomes of this study will be: 1) the neoplasia miss-rate of AFI (per lesion analysis) and 2) the feasibility of confocal endomicroscopy, expressed as diagnostic accuracy when compared to final histopathology. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes: 1) the accuracy of AFI plus NBI for the endoscopic diagnosis of lesions compared to confocal endomicroscopy, and 2) the yield for neoplasia of real random biopsies compared to optical biopsies by confocal endomicroscopy. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed