Mucosal Impedance and Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)

April 1, 2020 updated by: David A. Katzka, Mayo Clinic

Mucosal Impedance in Eosinophilic Esophagitis and the Effect of Treatment

Do patients with eosinophilic esophagitis have baseline increased esophageal mucosal impedance?

And will treatment that reverses esophageal eosinophilia in patients, correct abnormalities in mucosal impedance?

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 90 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  • Adults ages 18-90 undergoing clinically indicated upper endoscopy
  • Patients with EoE, defined as dysphagia with histologic finding of greater than or equal to 15 eosinophils per high powered field on esophageal biopsy despite at least 6 weeks of twice daily proton pump inhibitor therapy
  • Patients undergoing clinically indicated upper endoscopy for indications other than dysphagia or Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) with normal appearing esophageal mucosa.

Exclusion criteria:

  • Medical conditions such as severe heart or lung disease that preclude safe performance of endoscopy
  • Patients with conditions known to be associated with esophageal eosinophilia, including Crohn's disease, Churg-Strauss, achalasia, and hypereosinophilic syndrome
  • Inability to read due to: Blindness, cognitive dysfunction, or English language illiteracy

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Active Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Subjects with an eosinophil count greater than 15 eosinophil per high-powered field (Eos/HPF) and do not have trouble swallowing during the clinical endoscopy
Device: Mucosal Impedance
A tiny tube will be placed through the endoscope into the esophagus. 5 cm above where the stomach and esophagus meet for 5 seconds. At 10 cm above where the stomach and esophagus meet the catheter will be placed for 5 seconds. And at 20 cm above where the stomach and esophagus meet the catheter will be placed for 5 seconds.
Other Names:
  • ph impedance
  • ph monitor
Procedure: Upper Endoscopy
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, also called by various other names, is a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract down to the duodenum.
Other Names:
  • Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
Experimental: Inactive Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Subjects with an eosinophil count less than 15 eosinophil per high-powered field (Eos/HPF) and do not have trouble swallowing during the clinical endoscopy
Device: Mucosal Impedance
A tiny tube will be placed through the endoscope into the esophagus. 5 cm above where the stomach and esophagus meet for 5 seconds. At 10 cm above where the stomach and esophagus meet the catheter will be placed for 5 seconds. And at 20 cm above where the stomach and esophagus meet the catheter will be placed for 5 seconds.
Other Names:
  • ph impedance
  • ph monitor
Procedure: Upper Endoscopy
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, also called by various other names, is a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract down to the duodenum.
Other Names:
  • Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
Placebo Comparator: Control group
Subjects are those undergoing clinically indicated upper endoscopy for nonesophageal symptoms in whom a normal-appearing esophagus was found at the time of endoscopy
Procedure: Upper Endoscopy
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, also called by various other names, is a diagnostic endoscopic procedure that visualizes the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract down to the duodenum.
Other Names:
  • Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Esophageal Mucosal Impedance (MI)
Time Frame: baseline to one year
An endoscopically placed probe measured electrical impedance of the esophageal lining by direct mucosal contact. Impedance measurements of the esophageal mucosa were expressed in ohms as the ratio of voltage to current Impedance measurements were obtained at 2, 5, 10, and 15 cm above the gastroesophageal junction.
baseline to one year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: David Katzka, MD, Mayo Clinic

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 10, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

June 10, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 26, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 26, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

October 1, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 15, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 1, 2020

Last Verified

April 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 13-005778

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Clinical Trials on Mucosal Impedance

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in United Arab Emirates

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

3
Subscribe