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The Effect of Sham Feeding on Small Bowel Transit Time in Patients Undergoing Capsule Endoscopy

NCT02353208 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 122

Last updated 2017-12-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Capsule endoscopy is a non-invasive way to examine the small bowel, but its yield is limited by the battery life. In 20% of cases, the recording stops before the entire length of small bowel is examined. Capsule transit speed is dependent on bowel motility. When we eat, the brain sends signal to the bowel to speed up motility. In this study the investigators wish to determine if chewing bacon (sham feeding) can trick the brain to speed up bowel motility and improve the rate of complete small bowel examination.

Conditions

  • Slow Transit

Interventions

OTHER

Sham Feeding of Bacon Bits

Bacon bits will be a commercially available produce which has been deemed safe for sale in Canada.

OTHER

Placebo

Participants will not be asked to chew bacon bits

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Enns, M.D. · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-11-16
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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