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Anthropometry in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Esophageal Injury

NCT01570842 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2014-03-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Is waist to hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference (WC), (as markers of visceral adiposity) associated with an increase in acidic and non acidic reflux as well as systemic inflammation involving esophageal mucosa, thereby increasing esophageal injury and predisposing to subsequent development of Barrett's esophagus (BE)?

Conditions

  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Interventions

OTHER

Anthropometric measurements

All participants will have their waist circumference and waist to hip ratio taken as a measurement of central obesity.

PROCEDURE

Tissue samples

Participants undergoing clinically indicated upper endoscopy and who consent to providing tissue samples will have 8 tissue samples taken for future research purposes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Prasad G Iyer, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-10-31
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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