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Measuring Temperatures of Tissues During Endoscopy

NCT00868504 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2009-09-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Previous studies have indicated that tumors are warmer than the surrounding tissues. We want to ascertain that this is true for tumors in the GI tract. If so, a thermal camera in an endoscope may aid the diagnosis of tumors. The experiment entails inserting a cannula sheathed thermocouple into the work canal of an endoscope or a colonoscope. The examining physician will bring the distal end to touch the tumors he finds and their adjacent tissues, noting their respective temperatures. This experiment must be conducted before embarking on the complicated and costly project of producing a tiny thermal camera which will be able to navigate the GI tract.

Conditions

  • Carcinoma, Undifferentiated

Interventions

OTHER

no intervention

no intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Arie Orenstein, Prof. · Sheba Medical Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2009-10-31
Completion
2009-11-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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