Noninvasive Markers of Functional Nausea in Children

NCT ID: NCT03593811

Last Updated: 2025-05-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

42 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-08-03

Study Completion Date

2026-08-31

Brief Summary

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The researchers propose to study how functional nausea in adolescents may be characterized noninvasively by the use of multichannel electrogastrogram (EGG) and magnetogastrogram (MGG) recordings.

Detailed Description

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5/23/25. Study record updated to reflect Early Phase I trial as opposed to "N/A". The main aims were to develop a mathematical model of FN, correlate functional differences in slow waves in FN patients using modeling and experimental approaches, and to characterize biophysical, clinical, and psychosocial phenotypes of FN using newly developed diagnostic devices of EGG/MGG.

Functional nausea (FN) is a GI disorder that affects millions of Americans, particularly adolescents, but diagnoses remain largely exclusionary relying on symptomology with an otherwise normal diagnostic workup.

Successful completion of the project could contribute to understanding the altered physiology of functional nausea (FN), to stratification of FN patients according to physiological and/or psychological phenotypes, to improve diagnosis and provide objective measures of nausea and to inform and guide treatment options.

The analysis of slow wave activity represents the first physiologically-quantifiable noninvasive assessment method for pathological processes associated with functional nausea in adolescents.

Conditions

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Nausea

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Healthy Controls

Healthy Volunteers with no known gastrointestinal complications will be given questionnaires and testing by electrogastrogram (EGG) and/or magnetogastrogram (MGG) after an overnight fast to determine nausea parameters. They will also have a electrocardiogram (EKG) and do some testing after being fed a protein bar.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Questionnaires

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Patients will be provide answers to one or more of the following: Rome III criteria, BARF pictorial scale, Nausea Severity scale, Children's Somatization Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Functional Disability Inventory, and the Nausea Interference Scale.

4 channel electrogastrogram (EGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

EGG is a non-invasive technique for recording gastric myoelectrical activity using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

36 channel high resolution electrogastrogram (HR-EGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

HR- EGG utilizes an array of electrodes to estimate the direction and speed of gastric slow-waves using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

Magnetogastrogram (MGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

MGG measures spatiotemporal properties of magnetic fields from the gastric slow wave and allows characterization of the propagation of the gastric slow wave in addition to evaluation of its frequency and power distribution.

Electrocardiogram (EKG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Electrocardiography is the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time using electrodes placed on the skin

Non-nauseated

Functional nausea patients with a score of 0-2 on the BARF (BAxter Retching Faces) scale will be given questionnaires and testing by EGG and/or MGG after an overnight fast to determine nausea parameters. They will also have a EKG and do some testing after being fed a protein bar.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Questionnaires

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Patients will be provide answers to one or more of the following: Rome III criteria, BARF pictorial scale, Nausea Severity scale, Children's Somatization Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Functional Disability Inventory, and the Nausea Interference Scale.

4 channel electrogastrogram (EGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

EGG is a non-invasive technique for recording gastric myoelectrical activity using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

36 channel high resolution electrogastrogram (HR-EGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

HR- EGG utilizes an array of electrodes to estimate the direction and speed of gastric slow-waves using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

Magnetogastrogram (MGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

MGG measures spatiotemporal properties of magnetic fields from the gastric slow wave and allows characterization of the propagation of the gastric slow wave in addition to evaluation of its frequency and power distribution.

Electrocardiogram (EKG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Electrocardiography is the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time using electrodes placed on the skin

Mildly nauseated

Functional nausea patients with a score of 3-4 on the BARF (BAxter Retching Faces) scale will be given questionnaires and testing by EGG and/or MGG after an overnight fast to determine nausea parameters. They will also have a EKG and do some testing after being fed a protein bar.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Questionnaires

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Patients will be provide answers to one or more of the following: Rome III criteria, BARF pictorial scale, Nausea Severity scale, Children's Somatization Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Functional Disability Inventory, and the Nausea Interference Scale.

4 channel electrogastrogram (EGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

EGG is a non-invasive technique for recording gastric myoelectrical activity using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

36 channel high resolution electrogastrogram (HR-EGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

HR- EGG utilizes an array of electrodes to estimate the direction and speed of gastric slow-waves using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

Magnetogastrogram (MGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

MGG measures spatiotemporal properties of magnetic fields from the gastric slow wave and allows characterization of the propagation of the gastric slow wave in addition to evaluation of its frequency and power distribution.

Electrocardiogram (EKG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Electrocardiography is the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time using electrodes placed on the skin

Moderately nauseated

Functional nausea patients with a score of 5-6 on the BARF (BAxter Retching Faces) scale will be given questionnaires and testing by EGG and/or MGG after an overnight fast to determine nausea parameters. They will also have a EKG and do some testing after being fed a protein bar.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Questionnaires

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Patients will be provide answers to one or more of the following: Rome III criteria, BARF pictorial scale, Nausea Severity scale, Children's Somatization Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Functional Disability Inventory, and the Nausea Interference Scale.

4 channel electrogastrogram (EGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

EGG is a non-invasive technique for recording gastric myoelectrical activity using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

36 channel high resolution electrogastrogram (HR-EGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

HR- EGG utilizes an array of electrodes to estimate the direction and speed of gastric slow-waves using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

Magnetogastrogram (MGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

MGG measures spatiotemporal properties of magnetic fields from the gastric slow wave and allows characterization of the propagation of the gastric slow wave in addition to evaluation of its frequency and power distribution.

Electrocardiogram (EKG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Electrocardiography is the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time using electrodes placed on the skin

Severely nauseated

Functional nausea patients with a score of 7-9 on the BARF (BAxter Retching Faces) scale will be given questionnaires and testing by EGG and/or MGG after an overnight fast to determine nausea parameters. They will also have a EKG and do some testing after being fed a protein bar. Some patients will also be tested after receiving a one time dose of a 4mg or 8mg dependent upon age disintegrating tablet of ondansetron followed by a 2 day washout period prior to testing again after a 5 day maintenance dose of oral cyproheptadine 4mg twice a day.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Questionnaires

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Patients will be provide answers to one or more of the following: Rome III criteria, BARF pictorial scale, Nausea Severity scale, Children's Somatization Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Functional Disability Inventory, and the Nausea Interference Scale.

4 channel electrogastrogram (EGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

EGG is a non-invasive technique for recording gastric myoelectrical activity using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

36 channel high resolution electrogastrogram (HR-EGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

HR- EGG utilizes an array of electrodes to estimate the direction and speed of gastric slow-waves using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

Magnetogastrogram (MGG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

MGG measures spatiotemporal properties of magnetic fields from the gastric slow wave and allows characterization of the propagation of the gastric slow wave in addition to evaluation of its frequency and power distribution.

Electrocardiogram (EKG)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Electrocardiography is the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time using electrodes placed on the skin

Ondansetron

Intervention Type DRUG

Patients will be administered 4mg or 8 mg ondansetron dependent upon age in order to assess the effect of ondansetron on the symptoms of nausea and changes in slow wave dysrhythmias.

Cyproheptadine Oral Tablet

Intervention Type DRUG

Patients will be prescribed a 5 day maintenance dose of cyproheptadine using dosing 4mg twice a day to examine the effects of pharmacological alteration of specific nausea pathways on gastric slow wave patterns in functional nausea patients

Interventions

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Questionnaires

Patients will be provide answers to one or more of the following: Rome III criteria, BARF pictorial scale, Nausea Severity scale, Children's Somatization Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Functional Disability Inventory, and the Nausea Interference Scale.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

4 channel electrogastrogram (EGG)

EGG is a non-invasive technique for recording gastric myoelectrical activity using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

36 channel high resolution electrogastrogram (HR-EGG)

HR- EGG utilizes an array of electrodes to estimate the direction and speed of gastric slow-waves using cutaneous electrodes placed on the abdominal skin over the stomach.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Magnetogastrogram (MGG)

MGG measures spatiotemporal properties of magnetic fields from the gastric slow wave and allows characterization of the propagation of the gastric slow wave in addition to evaluation of its frequency and power distribution.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Electrocardiogram (EKG)

Electrocardiography is the process of recording the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time using electrodes placed on the skin

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Ondansetron

Patients will be administered 4mg or 8 mg ondansetron dependent upon age in order to assess the effect of ondansetron on the symptoms of nausea and changes in slow wave dysrhythmias.

Intervention Type DRUG

Cyproheptadine Oral Tablet

Patients will be prescribed a 5 day maintenance dose of cyproheptadine using dosing 4mg twice a day to examine the effects of pharmacological alteration of specific nausea pathways on gastric slow wave patterns in functional nausea patients

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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SQUID magnetometer

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* children ages 8-17 with functional nausea
* normal control participants ages 8-17 who have no known gastrointestinal complications

Exclusion Criteria

* Those with claustrophobia who cannot lie still under the SQUID for the length of time required.
* Normal participants with known intestinal complications
* Patients with cyclic vomiting syndrome, gastroparesis, malignancy, primary eating disorders, pregnancy, or hyperglycemia
* Morbid obesity (these patients are presumably unable to lie under the current generation of SQUID devices).
* Patients with a history of cardiac arrhythmias or taking anticoagulants will be excluded
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Alan Bradshaw

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Alan Bradshaw, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Vanderbilt University

Locations

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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162035

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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