Active clinical trials for "Gastroesophageal Reflux"

Introduction Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery is considered standard of care in surgical treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and is not without risks of adverse effects, most notably disruption of the fundoplication, post-fundoplication dysphagia and gas-bloat-syndrome, in some cases leading to reoperation. Non-surgical factors such as pre-existing anxiety or depression disorders can influence postoperative satisfaction and symptom relief. Previous studies have focused on short-term follow-up or only certain aspects of disease, resulting in a less than complete picture. The aim of this study is to evaluate long-term patient-satisfaction and durability of laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery in a large Danish cohort using comprehensive multimodal follow-up, and using the results of follow-up, to develop a clinically applicable scoring system usable in selecting patients for anti-reflux surgery. Methods and analysis The study is a retrospective cohort study utilizing data from patient records and follow-up with patient-reported quality of life as well as registry-based data. The study population consists of all adult patients having undergone laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery at The Department of Surgery, Kolding Hospital, a part of Lillebaelt Hospital Denmark in an 11-year period. From electronic records; patient characteristics, preoperative endoscopic findings, reflux disease characteristics and details on type of surgery, will be identified. Disease specific quality-of-life and dysphagia will be identified from patient-reported follow-up. From Danish national registries, data on comorbidity, reoperative surgery, use of pharmacological anti-reflux treatment, mortality and socioeconomic factors will be included. Primary outcome of this study is treatment success at follow-up. Ethics and dissemination For the study approval will be sought from The Danish Patient Safety Agency, The Danish Health Data Authority and Statistics Denmark, complying to Danish and EU current legislation. Inclusion in the study will require informed consent from participating subjects.

The VeClose Five Year Follow-up Extension Study will seek to gain additional follow-up data from the patients enrolled in the VeClose study (NCT01807585).

Obesity and related metabolic diseases have become a chronic disease that is a threat to human health. Bariatric surgery can effectively and long-term reduce excess body weight and relieve related metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes. Laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy are commonly used in bariatric surgery. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy due to simple operation, good weight loss, and metabolic disease control effect, which is more widely used. However, there are several studies that show an increased chance of gastroesophageal reflux disease after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Long-term gastroesophageal reflux may lead to Barrett's esophagus or esophageal cancer. Nowadays, the cause of gastroesophageal reflux disease after sleeve gastrectomy is not clear and precautionary measures are not precise. In this study, prospective randomized controlled trials were conducted to explore the possible causes of gastroesophageal reflux after sleeve gastrectomy and to explore ways to prevent gastroesophageal reflux disease after sleeve gastrectomy.

The purpose of this voluntary research study is to evaluate the extent to which infants with Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) exhibit oxygen desaturation (low oxygen levels in their blood) and bradycardia (slow heart rate) in supine (lying flat on back) and inclined positions.

To see a more convincing relationship between increased body mass index and the severity of esophageal reflux in GERD patients, GERD diagnosis should be performed with greater precision or precision. From the available data, it appears that no studies in Indonesia have correlated the body mass index with the severity of esophageal reflux events measured by multical intraluminal intraluminal pH-metric in patients with GERD due to the invasive nature of the test. Therefore, research needs to be done to assess the effect of increased body mass index on the severity of esophageal reflux as measured by multical intraluminal impedance pH-metric in GERD patients.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the pharmacokinetic profile of vonoprazan in adolescent participants with symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

Symptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) is considered by many a contraindication to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). However, of the few studies that have investigated the relationship between LSG and GER the majority reported only changes in symptoms and manometric data, while assessment of GER using 24-hour pH monitoring is lacking. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of LSG on GER in morbidly obese patients.

There have been a number of studies which attribute causality between reflux disease and asthma. In addition, clinicians typically treat chronic asthmatics with high dose acid suppressing medications (e.g. lansoprazole). However, clinical trials only recently have shed some light on this dilemma, with recent studies suggesting that the association is not as clear. This "retrospective" analysis of a prospective study which treated mod-severe asthmatics with lansoprazole or placebo will enter the collected raw data into a database, then perform statistical analyses to determine if children with asthma treated with acid suppression improved their asthma compared to those receiving placebo.

This is an observational study, which aims to compare the outcomes of ambulatory gastrointestinal investigations with physical activity using accelerometry. An ambulatory study refers to one in which the patient is monitored freely, often outside of the hospital environment. For this the investigators will use a lightweight (7.4g) tri-axial accelerometer worn behind the ear. Hypothesis 1 There is no change in the amount or nature of physical activity taken by patients during ambulatory oesophageal pH monitoring or capsule endoscopy. Hypothesis 2 There is no correlation between physical activity levels and speed of gastrointestinal transit.

To determine the effect of intraesophageal high PCO2 solution as compared to acidic and saline solutions on subjects' heartburn sensation using stiumlus-response functions.