Tiny camera swallowed to spot hidden gut bleeds
NCT ID NCT05949268
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study uses a small camera in a capsule that you swallow to find bleeding in the small bowel that other tests missed. About 1300 adults with suspected bleeding will take part. The goal is to see how often the camera finds the source of bleeding and helps guide treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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.
Who is studied
Patients who present with gastrointestinal bleeding undetected in gastroscopy or colonoscopy will be included in this cohort study. In these patients bleeding in the small bowel is suspected and they are allocated to a diagnostic assessment with small bowel capsule endoscopy.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * suspicion of gastrointestinal bleeding in the small bowel undetected by gastroscopy and colonoscopy * informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * contraindications for small bowel capsule endoscopy (e.g. stenosis)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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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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University Medical Center Freiburg, Department of Medicine II
RECRUITINGFreiburg im Breisgau, 79106, Germany
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