459
Participants
Start Date
February 28, 2011
Primary Completion Date
October 31, 2013
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2013
Sedated Endoscopy
The sedated esophagogastroduodenoscopy procedures were performed using a conventional high-definition endoscope (GIF-180, Olympus America, Center Valley, Pennsylvania) under conscious sedation with intravenous midazolam and fentanyl.
Transnasal Endoscopy
Unsedated transnasal endoscopy performed using the EndoSheath transnasal esophagoscope (TNL-5000, Vision Sciences). Topical anesthetic aerosol spray was applied to the posterior pharynx and nasal spray mixture was applied to the patients nares 10-15 minutes before the endoscopy procedure.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester
Lead Sponsor
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
NIH
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
NIH
American College of Gastroenterology
OTHER
Mayo Clinic
OTHER