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Double- Versus Single-balloon Enteroscopy for Obscure Small-bowel Bleeding

NCT01176864 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2010-08-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) is now an established method for diagnostic and therapeutic small-bowel endoscopy. Single-balloon enteroscopy (SBE) has been introduced to simplify the technique. A prospective randomized study was carried out to compare the two methods in obscure small bowel bleeding

Conditions

  • Small-Bowel Disorders

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Double-balloon enteroscopy

Double-balloon enteroscopy

PROCEDURE

Single-balloon enteroscopy

Single-balloon enteroscopy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shanghai Changzheng Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jian Shi, MD · Shanghai Changzheng Hospital

  • Bin Shi, MD · Shanghai Changzheng Hospital

  • Wei-Fen Xie, MD · Shanghai Changzheng Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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