Active clinical trials for "Barrett Esophagus"

The goal of this clinical research study is to test the safety of defined green tea catechin extract at different dose levels. Researchers also want to find out what effects, good and bad, it may have on individual and their risk for esophagus cancer. Esophagus cancer is an increased risk associated with Barrett's esophagus. Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming, growing, or coming back. The use of defined green tea catechin extract may prevent esophageal cancer.

RATIONALE: Chemoprevention therapy is the use of drugs to try and prevent the development or recurrence of cancer. It is not known whether eflornithine is effective in preventing cancer in patients with Barrett's esophagus. PURPOSE: Randomized double-blinded phase II trial to study the effectiveness of eflornithine in preventing cancer in patients with Barrett's esophagus.

This is a prospective randomized clinical trial examining how IRIS (Intelligent Real-time Image Segmentation) affects biopsy patterns in VLE (Volumetric laser endomicroscopy).

The overall aim of this feasibility study is to develop new technologies for improved detection of Barrett's neoplasia using the scanning fiber endoscope(SFE) multiplexed imaging system. This study will combine the use of fluorescent-labeled peptides that bind specifically to pre-cancerous mucosa in the esophagus for use as novel imaging agents to guide endoscopic biopsy or endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). This Phase 1 study will be used to provide early evidence of efficacy for the topical application of a panel of two peptides that bind to molecular targets that are specific for esophageal dysplasia. A panel is needed because cancer in the esophagus is genetically heterogeneous. The study will look at peptide binding in subjects with known or suspected Barrett's esophagus.

The study is being done to test the feasibility and tolerability of a SECM imaging probe in patients with Barrett's Esophagus (BE). Subjects will undergo SECM probe imaging while they are under conscious sedation. Spiral SECM imaging will be performed continuously over a pre-determined length. Patients will later be asked for their feedback.

This randomized phase II trial studies how well metformin hydrochloride works in preventing esophageal cancer in patients with Barrett esophagus. Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use of metformin hydrochloride may keep esophageal cancer from forming.

The specific aim of this study is to determine the feasibility of marking target pathologic locations identified on Optical Frequency Domain Imaging (OFDI) datasets using superficial cautery marks of the esophagus that are visible by endoscopy for subsequent guidance of biopsy.

This study is being conducted to determine if vitamin D supplementation increases the level of a protein that may be involved in decreasing the risk of esophageal cancer in patients with Barrett's esophagus. Subjects with Barrett's esophagus will take vitamin D supplementation for 2-12 weeks depending on the severity of their condition, and receive an upper endoscopy procedure before and after vitamin D supplementation trial.

This pilot phase II trial studies how well ursodiol works in treating patients with Barrett esophagus or cells that look abnormal under a microscope but are not cancer (low-grade dysplasia). Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use of ursodiol may keep cancer for forming in patients with Barrett esophagus or low-grade dysplasia.

Patients with Barrett's Esophagus are known to have excessive distal esophageal acid exposure comparable to patients with erosive esophagitis. A significant proportion of patients with BE who are not symptomatic on treatment continue to have persistent acid reflux. High dose esomeprazole is able to control acid reflux in patients with BE. The effect of acid reflux on Barrett's esophagus stroma is currently unknown. It is our hypothesis that stromal fibroblast activation in Barrett's esophagus is influenced by acid reflux. The specific aim of this proposal will be: To assess the association between acid reflux and subepithelial fibroblasts in Barrett's esophagus.