The aim of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility and safety of the clinical application of ultrasound capsule endoscopy in esophageal examination compared with conventional endoscopic ultrasound examination.
Wireless capsule endoscopy has opened a new era by enabling remote diagnostic assessment of the gastrointestinal tract in a painless procedure. However, most commercially available devices only utilise optical imaging to examine the GI wall surface. Using this sensing modality, pathology within the GI wall cannot be detected. Micro-ultrasound (mUS) using high-frequency (\>20 MHz) ultrasound can provide a means of transmural or cross-sectional image of the GI tract. Depth of imaging is approximately 10 mm with a resolution of between 40-120 μm that is sufficient to differentiate between subsurface histologic layers of the various regions of the GI tract. Ultrasound capsule endoscopy (USCE) uses a capsule equipped with mUS transducers that are capable of imaging below the GI wall surface, offering thereby a complementary sensing technique to optical imaging capsule endoscopy. In this work, a USCE device integrated with a 40 MHz ultrasonic transducer was developed to capture a full 360˚ image of the lumen. Previous animal studies of two anaesthetised Landrace pigs have demonstrated the effectiveness of the device. The reconstructed images demonstrate clear layer differentiation of the lumen wall. The tissue thicknesses measured from the B-scan images show good agreement with ex vivo images from the literature. The aim of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility and safety of the clinical application of ultrasound capsule endoscopy in esophageal examination compared with conventional endoscopic ultrasound examination.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Healthy volunteers or patients with suspected esophageal disease will be enrolled to take ultrasound capsule endoscopy examination followed by conventional endoscopic ultrasound examination within 2 weeks.
Changhai Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
RECRUITINGSuccess rate of esophageal examination
Assess the success rate of the clinical application of ultrasound capsule endoscopy in esophageal examination, including observe the mucosa completely and obtain ultrasound cross-sectional images in specific parts.
Time frame: 1 month
Diagnostic accuracy
The diagnostic accordance rate, sensitivity and specificity of lesions detected by ultrasound capsule endoscopy compared with conventional endoscopic ultrasound examination.
Time frame: 1 month
Clear layer differentiation of the esophageal wall structure
Assess the success rate of clear layer differentiation of the esophageal wall structure by ultrasound capsule endoscopy examination
Time frame: 1 month
Safety of ultrasound capsule endoscopy examination
The presence of any adverse events during ultrasound capsule endoscopy examination procedure will be recorded.
Time frame: 1 month
Examination time of esophagus
Record the time taken to finish examination of esophagus under ultrasound capsule endoscopy.
Time frame: 1 month
Discomfort scores associated with ultrasound capsule endoscopy examination
Assess the discomfort score caused by the string, swallowing the ultrasound capsule, pulling the capsule up or down, and pulling the capsule out. A visual analogue scale ranging from 0 (easy with no nausea) to 10 (very difficult or with sever nausea) was used to evaluate the degree of difficulty of the discomfort score caused by the string.
Time frame: 1 month
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