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Comparative Effectiveness of Endoscopic Assessment of Gastroesophageal Reflux and Barretts Esophagus
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Sedated Endoscopy and Transnasal Endoscopy for Barrett's Esophagus. Completed, enrolled 459 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The hypothesis of this study was that the comparative effectiveness of unsedated transnasal endoscopy (uTNE) will be greater than sedated endoscopy (sEGD) in population screening for BE.
Study Details
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Interventions
The sedated esophagogastroduodenoscopy procedures were performed using a conventional high-definition endoscope (GIF-180, Olympus America, Center Valley, Pennsylvania) under conscious sedation with intravenous midazolam and fentanyl.
Unsedated transnasal endoscopy performed using the EndoSheath transnasal esophagoscope (TNL-5000, Vision Sciences). Topical anesthetic aerosol spray was applied to the posterior pharynx and nasal spray mixture was applied to the patients nares 10-15 minutes before the endoscopy procedure.