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Brief Title: Detection Of Neoplastic Tissue in Barrett's Esophagus With In vivO Probe-based Confocal Endomicroscopy
Official Title: Detection Of Neoplastic Tissue in Barrett's Esophagus With In vivO Probe-based Confocal Endomicroscopy
Study ID: NCT00795184
Brief Summary: This study will collect data from patients routinely undergoing a endoscopic surveillance and Cellvizio endomicroscopy procedure due to confirmed Barrett's esophagus. The objective is to determine if endomicroscopy images collected using the marketed Cellvizio device may help endoscopists more accurately diagnose, in conjunction with traditional tissue sampling techniques, whether a suspected lesion is malignant or benign.
Detailed Description: This is a longitudinal observational study were imaging procedures are allocated in a random order to directly address the low sensitivity and specificity of enhanced macroscopic endoscopic imaging devices by determining whether probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (pCLE), as a supplement to Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) can further improve sensitivity and specificity to a level that would be acceptable to avoid random biopsy, and better direct biopsy of suspicious areas. The study is also addressing pCLE as a supplement to standard white light endoscopy and random biopsy alone. In fact, the study is powered to evaluate per lesion sensitivity and specificity of confocal imaging as applied to lesions identified by white light endoscopy. Therefore, the study addresses the shortcomings of standard white light endoscopy (high number of random biopsies, less than ideal directed biopsy of suspicious areas) and the primary shortcomings of Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) (low specificity with resultant high false positives, again resulting in many unnecessary biopsies).
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Veterans Affairs Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, , France
Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Bayern, Germany
Name: Prateek Sharma, MD
Affiliation: Veterans Affairs Hospital, Kansas City
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR