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Filter by:This study plans to understand the prevalence and clinical characteristics of pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders in mainland China through multi-center investigation and clinical epidemiological analysis, to reveal the prevalence characteristics and related factors of functional gastrointestinal disorders in children of all ages in mainland China, to establish a diagnostic standard system for pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders in mainland China, to provide evidence-based basis for the formulation of new Roman standard for functional gastrointestinal disorders, and to provide new ideas and treatment basis for the diagnosis and treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders in children.
Researchers at Seattle Children's Research Institute want to find ways to understand gastrointestinal disease such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Graft-Versus-Host-Disease (GVHD). We want to compare healthy cells from the gastrointestinal tract to cells from people with gastrointestinal diseases. The investigators are looking for healthy participants 18-25 with no gastrointestinal symptoms to volunteer to have an upper and lower endoscopy and to collect blood and stool samples. The investigators hope the information gathered in this study will help to better predict and treat these diseases in the future. Participants who join the study will complete the following activities: 1 hour appointment at Seattle Children's Hospital to determine eligibility Blood Draw Upper and Lower Endoscopy with tissue biopsies Stool Sample collection Participants will get $600 to thank them for their time. Participants may be eligible for this study if they meet the following requirements: 18 -25 years of age Do not have any abdominal symptoms (vomiting, diarrhea or abdominal pain) Are not on any medications (vitamins and birth control are OK) Have a BMI (body mass index) between 20-25 kg/m^2 Please note: Interested participants will have a 30 minute phone call with the study team and subsequent 1 hour appointment at Seattle Children's to determine if they meet all of the eligibility criteria.
This study aimed to investigate the clinical application of Artificial Intelligence Software for computer aided diagnosis (CAD), for real-time anatomical coverage, automatic Identification, classification and interpretation of abnormal lesions in upper GI endoscopy, and benchmarking their accuracy compared to endoscopists.
Randomized controlled field trial of a probiotics to assess its roles in the prevention or improvement of constipation and diarrhea, acute respiratory infection, nutrition improving in Vietnam children. In the present proposal, the investigators plan to examine if daily intake of a probiotic beverage, which includes 6.5 billion probiotic Lactobacilli, has a beneficial role in protecting children from infectious diarrhea and constipation in Vietnam with 3 objectives: 1. To assess the impact of probiotics in the prevention or improvement of diarrhea and constipation in children 2. To assess the impact of probiotics in the prevention of disease of respiratory system (ARI) 3. To assess the impact of probiotics on nutrition and growth of the children
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) are amongst the most common causes of abdominal pain and dysfunction seen in clinical practice, affecting between 10 to 15% of most populations (1). FGID are defined by symptoms without demonstrable underlying organic pathology (2). Within the currently used Rome definitions of FGID, there is a broad range of gastrointestinal and multi-organ symptoms, indicating heterogeneous underlying pathophysiological mechanisms (3). There is evidence of central nervous system and motility dysfunction, dysbiosis, as well as immune activation in various subgroups of patients with FGID (2). Most mechanistic studies have been performed in small and heavily selected groups of patients. Consequently, the link between different symptomatic subgroups of patients and underlying mechanisms is unclear and unconfirmed in larger and representative patient cohorts. FGID patients with different underlying pathologies are likely to benefit from divergent specific treatments, even if they fall within the same Rome classification of FGID. Discrete clusters of clinical characteristics in a large cohort of patients with FGID will be sought using hypothesis-free cluster analysis and latent-class analysis models. Associations to underlying mechanisms will be examined using data from fermentable sugar breath, blood and stool tests. This will allow recommendations regarding improved mechanistic-based classifications of patients with FGID, with potential for more effective mechanistic-based treatments. The investigators will use coded clinical and medical history characteristics obtained by standardized questionnaires and laboratory and breath test results from all successive patients above the age of 18 years referred to the Gastroenterology Group Practice in the last 10 years for diagnosis and treatment of FGID for statistical analysis The data is stored in a database, without any personal identifiers. Explorative statistical analysis will be performed in approximately 5000 patients.
Biological treatments (BT) are commonly prescribed to treat chronic inflammatory diseases in children. Paradoxical reactions during treatment with a biological agent can be defined as the appearance or exacerbation of a pathological condition that usually responds to this class of drug while treating a patient for another condition. Limited data are available in children treated by BT on cutaneous paradoxical reactions, or any other cutaneous adverse events occurring during treatment. On the contrary, dermatologists tend to see and manage increasing numbers of cutaneous adverse events, including paradoxical reactions. The aim of this project is to describe the incidence of cutaneous adverse events, including cutaneous paradoxical reactions, occurring in the pediatric population, during a treatment by BT given for a chronic inflammatory disease.
The COVID-19 outbreak and spread throughout the world now constitutes a global public health emergency. Direct contact between doctors and patients in daily practice bears potential risk of Covid-19 infection, and telemedicine, or non-contact medicine, in this circumstance, offers an ideal solution. Remote controlling capsule endoscopy system for gastric examination was recently developed and applicated in clinical practice.
cross sectional study to detect frequency of functional gastrointestinal disorders among schhol aged children complaining of recurrent abdominal pain
This is a Phase 2 study sponsored by AzurRx SAS and involves testing of a new medication for the compensation of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) caused by cystic fibrosis (CF). The new medication is called MS1819 spray dried (MS1819-SD) which is a lipase produced by the Lip2 gene of Yarrowia lipolytica using recombinant DNA technology. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of escalating doses of study drug on top of a stable dose of PPEs in CF patients who are not fully compensated by PPEs only. This enzyme has demonstrated an appropriate profile to compensate the pancreatic lipase (enzyme) deficiency that is common in CP (chronic pancreatitis) and CF patients. The design of the study is open-label, meaning that all eligible patients will receive the study drug MS1819-SD. The study drug dose will increase throughout the study during dose escalation visits in each treatment period; study includes a total of three treatment periods. The total duration of the MS1819-SD treatment phase is of 39-51 days. The total duration of patient participation in the study is of 69-81 days. Approximately 24 patients will be enrolled in this study.
Are you what you eat? How can dietary components influence microbial composition of the gut and function of the peripheral and central nervous system? The gut and brain is linked through complex mechanisms of sensorimotor functions of the immune system, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis, the enteric nervous system and microbiota. In this project, a multitude of factors contributing to the bidirectional neurobiological communication along the brain-but-axis will be investigated. No disease of the brain-gut axis has been elucidated, therefore our investigations involves approaching a large span of components and processes involved in the axis. This study is carried out as a case-report study (baseline, IBS n=100, healthy controls n=40) followed by a dietary intervention (IBS-D n=60). Through multivariate analyses, the investigators will identify patterns of factors contributing to patient symptomatology and pathology, followed by big data analysis leading to stratification of sub-classification of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).