Bowel Dysfunction Clinical Trials

Winthrop University Hospital Clinical Trials Center is seeking volunteers who have been diagnosed with Clostridium difficile infection, which is an infection and is willing to participant in a research study to test the safety and effectiveness of a an investigational medication comparing it with an FDA approved drug. Your participation ...

Summary Purpose and Objective: The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of rapid acquisition of point of care 3D ultrasound in obtaining abdominal and/or pelvic images. The study will use a newly developed acquisition method and post-processing technique to create three dimensional image models of the abdomen ...

Following a gluten-free diet is difficult. Eating small amounts of gluten may be common. Gluten may cause a wide range of symptoms, or no symptoms at all. Thus, there is not always a 'feedback loop' to alert to accidental gluten exposure. Nevertheless, these "silent" gluten exposures may interfere with recovery ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic gastrointestinal condition with significant morbidity in the form of hospitalizations, surgery, and reductions in quality of life. Most patients with IBD are managed in an ambulatory, outpatient setting. However, to optimally manage severe disease activity, hospitalization may be required. Hospitalized patients are at ...

If you agree to take part in this study, you will have a CT scan that is done as part of your routine care. This CT scan will be done at the normal radiation dose. During this scan, you will also have a scan of the liver at a lower ...

The gut microbiome and the endocannabinoid system (ECS) could be interacting together and influence local enteric and peripheral metabolic functions and mental health. The association of some host environmental factors (e.g. age, metabolic status, dietary habits) with gut microbiota composition and function has been investigated but, to our knowledge, little ...

The investigators hypothesize that in patients with small bowel motility disorders, Lanreotide helps in alleviating the symptoms. Lanreotide is an FDA approved medication for management of acromegaly and neuroendocrine tumors, but has never been used for treating small bowel motility disorders. However, Octreotide which is similar to Lanreotide but is ...

Detection of main causes for referral to EUS in Tanta, Egypt.

Study design: clinical within-subject randomized controlled trial. Study population: 25 patients with unresectable, chemorefractory, liver-dominant colorectal liver metastases. Intervention: scout and therapeutic doses of holmium-166 microspheres will be administered in the left and right hepatic artery during two sequential angiography procedures on the same day. In all subjects, the use ...

Among advanced cancer patients, discussions about prognosis, goals of care (GoC) and end-of-life preferences improve quality of life of patients and reduce rates of hospital and ICU admission. Yet, few patients know their chemotherapy treatments will not cure their disease despite nearly all wishing to receive information- good & bad. ...