Study of the usefulness of endocytoscopic narrow-band imaging(EC-NBI)for evaluation of inflammatory activity in ulcerative colitis. Pilot study

UMIN ID: UMIN000013336

Registered date:04/03/2014

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Completed
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: To investigate if features of microvesseles in rectal mucosa by EC-NBI can used to predict inflammatory activity in ulcerative colitis.
• Date of first enrollment: 2013/02/20
• Target sample size: 50
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Endocytoscopic NBI observation

Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: ･The correlation between EC-NBI findings and histological activity.

Secondary Outcome

･The correlation between EC-NBI findings andclinical activity.
･Inter-observer agreement for EC-NBI findings
･Intra-observer agreement for EC-NBI findings

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: 20years-old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Male and Female

Include criteria

patient with use of integrated type EC
(Y-0020,Olympus.Tokyo).
Over 20 years old
patient with Mayo endoscopic score of 0-2
Written informed consent

• Exclude criteria: patients with a Mayo endoscopic score of 3 were not recruited

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Showa University, Northern Yokohama Hospital
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: None