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AbStats: Assessing Post-Prandial Intestinal Event Rates in Healthy Individuals

NCT02906293 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2019-02-20

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Summary

This study seeks to: Assess "normal" intestinal event rates for healthy subjects, to determine the effect of meal size on an individual's intestinal rate, and to determine whether there are differences between individuals in the fasting and post-prandial setting.

The investigators hypothesize the following:

1. Fasting intestinal rate will be consistently less than 14 events per minute, similar to previously documented bowel sound frequency.
2. There will a uniform increase in intestinal rate in the immediate post-prandial setting. There will be direct correlation between maximal and average post-prandial intestinal rates and meal size. Likewise, meal size will correlate with time to baseline fasting intestinal rate.
3. Males and those with lower body mass index (BMI) will experience higher maximal and average post-prandial intestinal rates and shorter time to baseline fasting levels compared to females and those with higher BMI, respectively.

Conditions

  • Post-prandial Intestinal Rates

Interventions

OTHER

Abdominal acoustic measurement

On Day 1 participants will record their intestinal rate at baseline fasting, pre-"small meal," and upon completion of the meal. On Day 2 participants will record their intestinal rate at baseline fasting, pre-"large meal," and upon completion of meal.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christopher V. Almario, MD, MSHPM · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-01
Primary Completion
2017-07-17
Completion
2017-07-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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