Stress Response Using Thin and Standard Size Endoscopy.

NCT00273130 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2006-09-13

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Summary

Sixty patients scheduled for upper diagnostic gastroscopy were randomised after written informed consent into three groups.

1. transnasal gastroscopy with thin endoscope
2. transoral with thin endoscope
3. standard size trans-oral endoscopy Stress response parameters (epinephrine, nor-epinephrine and cortisol, heartrate variability data and pulse oximetry data were monitored.

Conditions

  • Upper Gastrointestinal Disease,Ulcers

Interventions

PROCEDURE

transnasal endoscopy

PROCEDURE

transoral thin endoscopy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hvidovre University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Merete Christensen, MD · Dept of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-03-31
Completion
2002-08-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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