Simple cap may speed up emergency bleeding treatment
NCT ID NCT07268365
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether attaching a small cap to the endoscope helps doctors find and treat the source of upper gastrointestinal bleeding more quickly. About 72 adults with severe bleeding will be randomly assigned to have an endoscopy with or without the cap. The main goal is to see if the cap reduces the time needed to stop the bleeding.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- endoscopic cap
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this simple cap could help doctors stop upper GI bleeding faster and more reliably, reducing complications and procedure time.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 72 participants. The cap may not improve outcomes significantly, and results may not apply to all bleeding cases.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 72 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient \> 18 years old * Upper GI bleeding suspected in presence of melena or hematemesis * Glasgow Blatchford score \> 8 * Upper gastroscopy at Amiens University Hospital * Follow-up at Amiens university hospital * Presence of gastric or duodenal ulcer requiring endoscopic hemostasis (FORREST Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb) * No opposition to the study * No guardianship or curators Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with clinical suspicion of portal hypertension * Known liver failure * Patient with digestive hemorrhage related to a lesion located beyond the 2nd duodenum * Patient with digestive hemorrhage related to a varicose lesion (esophageal or gastric varices) * Patient with bleeding associated with esophagitis * Patient with bleeding associated with angiodysplasias
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Amiens
RECRUITINGAmiens, Picardie, 80000, France
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