This study uses a comparative method to evaluate the performance of the NaviCam SB capsule endoscope system in comparison to the PillCam SB3 capsule system for the diagnosis of small bowel diseases.
This study adopts a prospective and self-controlled design. The subjects are adult patients (≥18 years old) who have symptoms of small bowel disease or suspected GI bleeding; Subjects swallow two types of SB capsules approximately 40 minutes apart in a randomized order. During the capsule endoscopy, the doctor can view the small bowel images taken by the capsules in real time. This study adopts a method of independent image reading in the participating centers. Two physicians of digestive endoscopy respectively review the images captured by the experimental capsule and the control capsule for normal versus abnormal findings, type of findings and categorization (lesions, polyps, bleeding, etc.), capsule transit time, reading time, and image quality.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
87
Subjects swallow two types of SB capsules approximately 40 minutes apart in a randomized order. During the capsule endoscopy, the doctor can view the small bowel images taken by the capsules in real time.
Subjects swallow two types of SB capsules approximately 40 minutes apart in a randomized order. During the capsule endoscopy, the doctor can view the small bowel images taken by the capsules in real time.
Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong Univerdity of Science and Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Diagnostic agreement rate
The diagnosis of subjects by the two types of small bowel capsule endoscopes through independent image reading, that is, the agreement between the two systems with respect to the diagnosis of normal or abnormal subject.
Time frame: 14 days
Intestinal transit time
The time from capsule swallowing to capsule excretion
Time frame: 14 days
Ease of swallowing the capsule
The subject's supervisor determines how easy it is to swallow the capsule and which of the following feelings is very easy, easy, moderate, difficult, or very difficult.
Time frame: 14 days
diagnosis rate
Comparison of the diagnosis rate (examination results within one week before or after enrollment) with other standard mucosal imaging tools (upper GI endoscopy, enteroscopy, colonoscopy, etc.)
Time frame: 14 days
Quality of small bowel images
Comparison of the quality of small intestine pictures taken with the two capsules
Time frame: 14 days
Image reading time
Comparison of the reading times of the two capsules
Time frame: 14 days
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