Clinical Trial: Emergency Capsule Endoscopy in Severe GI-bleeding

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Emergency Capsule Endoscopy in Severe GI-bleeding

Brief Summary: Primary objective: Evaluation of capsule endoscopy in the emergency setting of severe GI-Bleeding.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Technische Universität München

Current Primary Outcome: the influence of capsule endoscopy on guidance of further diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. [ Time Frame: after complete recruitment ]

Original Primary Outcome: detection of bleeding site by capsule endoscopy after negative gastroscopy

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • frequency of mid-GI-bleeding in all patients
  • diagnostic yield [ Time Frame: after complete recruitment ]


Original Secondary Outcome: frequency of mid-GI-bleeding in all patients

Information By: Technische Universität München

Dates:
Date Received: April 23, 2012
Date Started: December 2011
Date Completion:
Last Updated: January 28, 2015
Last Verified: January 2015