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EsophaCap for the Detection of Early Esophageal Carcinoma

RECRUITINGSponsored by Johns Hopkins University
Actively Recruiting
SponsorJohns Hopkins University
Started2016-01-12
Est. completion2028-12-19
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations2 sites
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NCT04214119

Summary

This study is to identify potential biomarkers for the early detection of Barrett's Esophagus, esophageal carcinoma (both adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma), and gastric cancer via sponge cytology.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1/2016 to 12/2025
* Age greater than 18 years
* Patients must be able to swallow a capsule

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients in either arm with extra-esophageal malignancies including head and neck and gastric cancer
* Patients who have undergone esophagectomy
* Patients who have undergone radiation to the chest
* Patients who are younger than 18
* Patients with esophageal stents
* Patients with esophageal strictures disabling passage of the capsule

Conditions4

Barrett EsophagusCancerEsophageal CancerGastric Cancer

Locations2 sites

Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205
Stephen J Meltzer, M.D.410-502-6071smeltzer@jhmi.edu
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, 21205
Stephen Meltzer, M.D.410-502-6071smeltzer@jhmi.edu

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