Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:11 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:11 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06066866
Brief Summary:
GI disorders are influenced by the gut microbiome. To date, sampling of the small intestine in GI disorders has been limited. The investigators plan to sample the small intestinal contents during endoscopy for research purposes.
Detailed Description:
Current guidelines (AGA Clinical Practice Update, 2020) report the definition of SIBO as a clinical entity lacks precision and consistency; it is a term generally applied to a clinical disorder where symptoms, clinical signs, and/or laboratory abnormalities are attributed to changes in the numbers of bacteria or in the composition of the bacterial population in the small intestine. To date, there is unlimited knowledge regarding the diagnostic criterion which has been limited by nonspecific and nonsensitive testing such as breath tests. Breath tests have a limited use in patients with IBS-D who inherently have increased gut transit time rendering the testing invalid for accurately measuring small intestinal bacteria. Additionally, the relationship between SIBO and symptoms in patients without obvious risk factors (such as anatomical changes due to surgery) is unknown. The investigators study aims to investigate the microbial landscape of the small intestine in healthy patients and those with GI disease (suspected or diagnosed) undergoing an upper endoscopy by collecting an aspirate of patient small intestinal fluid and studying it.
Study:
NCT06066866
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06066866