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Randomized Trial of UI-EWD vs. Conventional Endoscopic Therapy for Bleeding Ulcers
Description

A prospective, multi-center, noninferiority randomized controlled trial designed to compare the efficacy of UI-EWD (Nexpowder™) hemostatic powder versus conventional endoscopic hemostatic therapy in patients presenting with acute overt gastrointestinal bleeding which is found at endoscopy to be due to a gastric or duodenal ulcer with active bleeding (spurting or oozing) or a non-bleeding visible vessel.

COMPLETED
Trial of Oral Versus Intravenous Proton Pump Inhibitor on Intragastric pH in Patients With Bleeding Ulcers
Description

Patients with bleeding ulcers identified by endoscopy will be randomly assigned to receive an acid-blocking drug (called a proton pump inhibitor \[PPI\]) either by mouth every 3 hours for 24 hours or intravenously (IV) by constant infusion for 24 hours. A pH probe in the stomach will be used to determine intragastric pH (a measure of the acid production in the stomach) at baseline and during the 24 hours of therapy. The purpose of the study is to determine if the continuous intravenous administration of the drug provides better reduction of acid in the stomach than the oral administration.

RECRUITING
Metoclopramide in Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed
Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to test if metoclopramide can improve effectiveness of endoscopic intervention in upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeds. The main questions the investigators hope to answer is Does metoclopramide lessen the need for repeat endoscopy, interventional radiology intervention or surgery in cases of upper GI bleed? Does metoclopramide improve visibility of the GI walls in cases of upper GI bleed?

RECRUITING
Blood Flow Monitoring to Prevent Post-Polypectomy Induced Ulcer Bleeding
Description

The primary specific aim is to perform a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to compare rates of delayed hemorrhage after DEP detection of arterial blood flow and focal treatment in PPIU's (treatment arm) with standard treatment using medical guidelines alone (controls) for prevention of delayed bleeding in high risk patients (on anti-coagulants or anti-platelet drugs or with large ulcers) after snare resection of benign colon polyps.

COMPLETED
Endoscopic Therapy for Bleeding Marginal Ulcers After Gastric Bypass
Description

The objective of this study is to identify the incidence rate; describe the risk factors, clinical presentation, and endoscopic treatment; assess the morbidity, mortality, and overall performance of the management of patients with actively bleeding marginal ulcers after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery.

COMPLETED
Study Evaluating Pantoprazole in Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage
Description

This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, dose-ranging, comparator-controlled study of the effect of pantoprazole on intragastric pH after successful endoscopic hemostasis in hospitalized patients. Patients will receive either intravenous pantoprazole (one of two regimens) or ranitidine (the comparator) within 2 hours of successful hemostasis and administration will continue for 72 hours after hemostasis.

COMPLETED
Registry for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Description

This project aims to evaluate the data on all patients undergoing endoscopic therapy for upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

COMPLETED
Anticoagulation With Enhanced Gastrointestinal Safety
Description

This study is a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a clinician-facing implementation strategy on the use of medication optimization (defined as either discontinuation of all antiplatelet therapy or initiation of and adherence to a proton pump inhibitor (PPI)) to reduce upper GI bleeding risk in patients prescribed anticoagulant-antiplatelet therapy (AAT) relative to usual care.

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Prospective Collection of PillCam SB3 Videos and Raw Data Files for Future Developments (SODA)
Description

Observational, Multicenter, Post-market, Minimal risk, Prospective data collection of PillCam SB3 videos (including PillCam reports) and raw data files and optional collection of Eneteroscopy reports

COMPLETED
Doppler Ultrasound Probe for Blood Flow Detection in Severe Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Description

The main purposes of this study are to compare clinical outcomes of two groups of patients with similar medical conditions (one with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal (UGI) lesions such as ulcers and another group with varices or portal hypertensive lesions) who are treated either with current standard visually guided endoscopic treatment according to stigmata of hemorrhage or with endoscopic Doppler endoscopic ultrasound probe (DEP) monitoring of blood flow in the lesion.

COMPLETED
A Study of MDX-1100 in Subjects With Active Ulcerative Colitis
Description

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and tolerability of the MDX-1100 regimen in subjects with active Ulcerative colitis(UC) and determine the response rate at day 57 in patients administered MDX-1100.

RECRUITING
Marginal Ulcer Healing With Low-Thermal Argon Plasma Endoscopic Treatment
Description

The objective of the study is to investigate the treatment of marginal ulcers with Low Thermal plasma in an endoscopic setting. By a treatment of the ulcerated areas with argon plasma with low power settings (\~ 1 W) we hypothesize that the size of the ulcers will shrink, and the healing is accelerated compared to standard of care alone. Patients will benefit from this minimally invasive approach compared to a much more invasive surgical approach that comes with higher risks and hospital stay length time. From a societal and scientific perspective, this study aims to extend the well-documented clinical benefits of plasma technology - from external wound healing to internal ulcer treatment - within an endoscopic framework. The success of this study could pave the way for broader applications of LTP in the treatment of other endoscopically accessible conditions such as peptic ulcers, duodenal ulcers and esophageal ulcers. This advancement has the potential not only to improve patient outcomes through less invasive methods, but also to position LTP as a cornerstone in the future of gastroenterological wound management strategies.

COMPLETED
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis Versus Placebo in Critically Ill Infants With Congenital Heart Disease
Description

Infants with congenital heart disease often require an intervention during their first year of life. Infants are generally admitted to a cardiac intensive care unit and are routinely prescribed stress ulcer prophylaxis to decrease acid release from the stomach to prevent stress ulcer formation. However, these medicines may not be safe and could put infants at increased risk for hospital-acquired infections, necrotizing enterocolitis and alteration to the infant's microbiome. The investigators plan to assess the feasibility of conducting a prospective, blinded randomized control trial to determine the safety of withholding stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill infants with congenital heart disease. In addition, the investigators plan to examine the changes to the infant's microbiome through oral, gastric and stool samples and compare hospital-acquired infections.

RECRUITING
Standard Endoscopic Hemostasis Versus OVESCO Severe Non-variceal UGI Hemorrhage
Description

The primary specific aim is to perform a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to compare 30 day rebleed rates and other clinical outcomes of patients with severe, non-variceal upper GI hemorrhage (NVUGIH) - ulcers and Dieulafoy's lesions who are randomized as initial treatment with the new large over-the-scope-clip device for endoscopic hemostasis versus standard endoscopic hemostasis.

COMPLETED
Enteral Nutrition as Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients.
Description

study is to determine if proton pump inhibitors plus enteral nutrition is superior to enteral nutrition alone as a stress ulcer prophylaxis strategy in critically ill patients in terms of incidence of overt and significant GI bleeding related to stress gastropathy.

COMPLETED
Chronic Marginal Ulcers After Gastric Bypass
Description

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of revision gastroplasty along with other adjunct procedures in the treatment of intractable / chronic marginal ulcers after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. A secondary aim is the identification of good and poor outcome predictors after revisional strategies for intractable or chronic marginal ulcer.

COMPLETED
CORE: A Study of OPC-6535 With Asacol® in Maintaining Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Remission
Description

This dose comparison study, taking place at over 200 sites worldwide, will compare the dosing, safety and efficacy of an investigational medicine OPC-6535 to the dosing, safety and efficacy of Asacol ® in the maintenance of remission in subjects with ulcerative colitis.

RECRUITING
Onyx™ Liquid Embolic IDE Clinical Study
Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Onyx™ LES in the treatment of subjects with active arterial bleeding in the peripheral vasculature outside of the heart and brain.

COMPLETED
Anticoagulation With Enhanced Gastrointestinal Safety (AEGIS) Trial
Description

This is a pragmatic, single center, feasibility pilot cluster randomized trial with embedded individual randomization to evaluate implementation strategies to increase the use of evidence-based practices to reduce upper gastrointestinal bleeding risk in patients using combination antithrombotic therapy (including warfarin) and that are managed by the Michigan Medicine anticoagulation monitoring service.

COMPLETED
Single-dose Linaclotide for Capsule Endoscopy Preparation
Description

Video capsule endoscopy is an important procedure that can be used by doctors to find abnormalities in the small intestine, especially those that can cause bleeding. The procedure uses a tiny wireless camera to take pictures of the digestive tract. The camera sits inside a vitamin-sized capsule that a person can swallow. As the capsule travels through the digestive tract, the camera takes thousands of pictures that are transmitted to a recorder worn on a belt around a person's waist or over his/her shoulder. However, abnormalities can be missed partly because the normal dark liquids present in the intestine can prevent abnormalities from being recorded, hiding them from the physician who reviews the video. The current method used to clear these dark liquids from your small intestine is to follow a clear liquid diet and drink approximately 2 quarts of polyethylene glycol (Golytely®) the day before the video endoscopy and take simethicone (a medication used to treat symptoms of gas such as uncomfortable or painful pressure, fullness, and bloating) the morning of the test. Some of the current preparations to clear these dark liquids are not able to entirely prevent abnormalities from being missed and most have an unpleasant taste or involve drinking a lot of fluid. Linaclotide (Linzess®) is a medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of constipation and irritable bowel syndrome. It is not approved by the FDA for use as an aid for clearing dark liquid from the small intestine prior to a video endoscopy. A recent presentation at a medical meeting proposed using one-dose of linaclotide (Linzess®) to improve cleansing of the small intestine for capsule endoscopy preparation to supplement fasting and clear liquid diet. This report claimed a noticeably better quality of small intestine cleansing and a 20% shorter transit time for the capsule by taking one dose of linaclotide one hour before patients swallowed the video capsule. The purpose of this study is to assess the use of one dose of linaclotide in terms of the total time it takes the capsule to move through the small bowel, and image quality as compared to the current method. The results of this study will be compared to previous patients who drank the preparation that is currently used

WITHDRAWN
Vaginal Creams to Reduce Vaginal Erosion in Pessary Users
Description

To compare the use of Estrace ® vaginal cream against a placebo vaginal cream in reducing symptomatic vaginal discharge and vaginal erosion in patients who are using the Gellhorn or Ring with support pessaries.

UNKNOWN
Using Virtual Reality for Patients With Gastrointestinal Disease
Description

The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the effect and impact of a technology which creates a virtual reality (VR), personalized representation of a patient's endoscopic findings in comparison our standard practice (SP). Our study will compare the level of knowledge, understanding and satisfaction the patient and family have between those receiving SP and those receiving both SP and VR.

TERMINATED
Clopidogrel and the Optimization of Gastrointestinal Events (COGENT-1)
Description

The purpose of the COGENT-1 clinical trial is to determine whether CGT-2168 (clopidogrel and omeprazole) compared to clopidogrel is safe and effective in reducing the incidence of gastrointestinal bleeding and symptomatic ulcer disease, in the setting of concomitant aspirin therapy. Antiplatelet therapy is an essential element of care for patients with atherothrombotic disease. Bleeding is a fundamental adverse effect of all antiplatelet drugs including aspirin, clopidogrel and dual antiplatelet regimens. The gastrointestinal tract is the most common site of bleeding related to antiplatelet therapy, typically in connection with peptic ulcer disease. Recently published studies suggest the use of clopidogrel carries a gastrointestinal bleeding risk similar to that of aspirin or non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Patients taking any two of these drugs (clopidogrel, aspirin and/or non-aspirin NSAIDs) are exposed to an even higher risk of bleeding and ulcer disease. Cogentus Pharmaceuticals is launching phase 3 trials of a novel combination product, CGT-2168, which has the potential to significantly reduce this problem and increase patient safety. CGT-2168 combines a standard dosage of clopidogrel and a gastroprotectant (omeprazole) in a once-daily pill that may reduce the likelihood of adverse gastrointestinal events.