Clinical Trial: Transnasal and Oral Gastroscopy.

Study Status: Terminated
Recruit Status: Terminated
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Transnasal and Conventional Oral Diagnostic Gastroscopy. A Prospective Randomised Study.

Brief Summary: Two groups of patients were randomised into two groups of either transnasal gastroscopy or conventional type gastroscopy (n=98). The aim of the study was to evaluate the cardiorespiratory effects and sideeffects of the two methods, and to evaluate the technical features of the transnasal endoscope.

Detailed Summary:

Introduction Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is the gold standard investigation for upper gastrointestinal disorders. To make the procedure safer and more comfortable, thinner endoscopes for conventional oral or for transnasal intubation have been designed. Several trials have been conducted suggesting greater patient tolerance with the thinner scope. At the same time scope features have improved and are increasingly compatible with the standard endoscope. This prospective, randomised study was conducted to evaluate the cardiopulmonary effects, the patient tolerance, and endoscopist evaluation comparing thin transnasal with conventional transoral endoscopy.

Patients and Methods Outpatients referred to diagnostic, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were included consecutively after written informed consent. Inclusion criteria were age over 18 years, Danish-language, no history of disease in the nasal cavity and intended diagnostic endoscopy. Ninety-eight patients were included and randomised to either conventional oral gastroscopy (OG) or transnasal gastroscopy (TG).The patients were randomized by consecutively numbered envelopes.

The patients answered a questionnaire clarifying their previous experience of gastroscopy, and if relevant, the discomfort of previous examination and their anxiety for the actual examination on a visual analogue scale (VAS scale). A post endoscopy questionnaire evaluated discomfort during the examination in general, during introduction of the endoscope and for the rest of the examination (VAS scale). The following parameters were assessed by answering yes or no; gagging, choking, pain from the nose, throat and the stomach. The patients stated whether the degree of discomfort had been greater, lesser or as expected compared to previous endoscopy and whether they in a future gastroscopy would prefer sedat
Sponsor: Hvidovre University Hospital

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Information By: Hvidovre University Hospital

Dates:
Date Received: January 5, 2006
Date Started: February 2002
Date Completion: August 2003
Last Updated: January 6, 2006
Last Verified: January 2006