Non-invasive Assessment of Colonic Motility

NCT ID: NCT04624334

Last Updated: 2022-05-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

34 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-25

Study Completion Date

2022-05-12

Brief Summary

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The current diagnostic process of colonic motility disorders often takes a long time and involves multiple invasive, painful and/or unnecessary diagnostic procedures. To improve this diagnostic process, the potential of Electro-Entero-Graphy (EEnG) is investigated.

During the EEnG procedure, several surface electrodes are positioned (under ultrasound guidance) on the abdomen so that electrical activity originating in the colon can be measured. Measurements will be performed after a period of fasting (when the colon is 'silent') and just after a meal (when the colon is moving) in both participants suffering from colonic motility disorders and healthy controls.

It is hypothesized that these measurements are an indication of colonic motility and can be used as a diagnostic tool for colonic motility disorders. It is also hypothesized that this EEnG procedure is not more burdensome than the Gold Standard procedures for diagnosing colonic motility disorders. This will be assessed using questionnaires.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Colon Disease Functional Constipation Electroenterography Slow Transit Hirschsprung Disease

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Children with motility disorder

Elektro-Entero-Graphy procedure

Intervention Type OTHER

Fasting, after which pre- and postprandial EEnG measurements are performed.

EEnG Questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Filling out questionnaire about EEnG procedure.

Gold Standard Questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Filling out questionnaire about Gold Standard diagnostic used to diagnose colonic motility disorder.

Healthy children

Elektro-Entero-Graphy procedure

Intervention Type OTHER

Fasting, after which pre- and postprandial EEnG measurements are performed.

EEnG Questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Filling out questionnaire about EEnG procedure.

Adults with motility disorder

Elektro-Entero-Graphy procedure

Intervention Type OTHER

Fasting, after which pre- and postprandial EEnG measurements are performed.

EEnG Questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Filling out questionnaire about EEnG procedure.

Gold Standard Questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Filling out questionnaire about Gold Standard diagnostic used to diagnose colonic motility disorder.

Healthy adults

Elektro-Entero-Graphy procedure

Intervention Type OTHER

Fasting, after which pre- and postprandial EEnG measurements are performed.

EEnG Questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Filling out questionnaire about EEnG procedure.

Interventions

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Elektro-Entero-Graphy procedure

Fasting, after which pre- and postprandial EEnG measurements are performed.

Intervention Type OTHER

EEnG Questionnaire

Filling out questionnaire about EEnG procedure.

Intervention Type OTHER

Gold Standard Questionnaire

Filling out questionnaire about Gold Standard diagnostic used to diagnose colonic motility disorder.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All participants:
* Age ≤ 11 years for babies and children
* Age ≥ 18 years for adults.

Patients

* For babies/children:

* suffering from surgically untreated HSCR as determined by a rectal biopsy, or
* suspected of HSCR, for which a rectal biopsy is planned
* For adults: Suffering from a (suspected,) surgically untreated functional colonic motility disorder (such as slow-transit constipation, idiopathic/therapy resistant constipation of the colon), as diagnosed previously or will be diagnosed in the near future using the gold standard method.

Exclusion Criteria

* All participants:
* For adults: BMI \> 27 kg/m2
* For babies/children: weight for length \> 2.5 standard deviations of WHO Child Growth Standard
* Pregnancy
* Diabetes
* Any food intolerance
* Presence of an intestinal stoma
* Use of continuous tube feeding
* Healthy controls:
* The presence of any known gastro-intestinal conditions
* Use of laxatives in the past two years
* Participants with (suspected) motility disorder:
* (Part of) colon removed
* Inflammatory bowel disease
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Radboud University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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S.M.B.I. Botden, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Radboud University Medical Center

Locations

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Radboudumc

Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

Other Identifiers

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110933

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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