Feasibility of a Wireless Patch System (WPS) to Measure Gastrointestinal Motility and Gastric Emptying

Mayo Clinic23 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the utility of a new device - an external wireless patch system (WPS) - to measure gastric motility and to compare this external wearable device with the most commonly used test to measure stomach emptying, the nuclear medicine gastric emptying scan (also called gastric scintigraphy).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Gastric Emptying

Interventions

Scintigraphic gastric emptying scanDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Nuclear medicine scan that provides an assessment of gastric motility

Wireless patch system (WPS)DEVICE

Wireless wearable patches applied to the abdomen after 3 small areas of the abdomen that connect to a recording device for a total of 6 days and subjects will track mealtimes, bowel movements, and sleep using an iPhone app.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Referred to the nuclear medicine department for a scintigraphic gastric emptying scan. Exclusion Criteria: * Have had prior gastric or esophageal surgery. * Have had surgery to the GI tract within the last 60 days (e.g., appendectomy, cholecystectomy). * Are on chronic opioids or other medications known to affect gastric emptying (e.g., GLP-1 agonists, high dose tricyclic agents). * Have been recently hospitalized for complications of diabetes or have a HgbA1c \> 10. * Have severe psychological distress preventing study participation. * Unable to read or understand the consent form.

Locations (1)

Mayo Clinic Florida

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Subject willingness to wear a wireless patch system (WPS)

Number of subjects to wear a wireless patch system (WPS) to evaluate upper gastrointestinal symptoms

Time frame: 7 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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