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Standardized Implementation and Quality Assessment System for Confocal Enteroscopy
Sponsor: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Summary
Confocal technology, hailed as "optical biopsy," enables real-time cellular-level histological examination of mucosal surfaces. Its integration with double-balloon enteroscopy significantly enhances the clinical feasibility of targeted biopsy, early diagnosis, and endoscopic staging for small bowel diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease. Currently, confocal endoscopy is primarily applied to upper and lower gastrointestinal tract diseases, leaving small bowel pathologies largely unexplored. Consequently, establishing a diagnostic framework for small bowel tumors and non-neoplastic lesions using confocal enteroscopy, alongside developing quality assessment standards for its operational procedures, is of paramount importance.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 70 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
600
Start Date
2025-06-01
Completion Date
2028-06-01
Last Updated
2026-01-23
Healthy Volunteers
No
Locations (8)
Renji Hospital Anhui Hospital
Hefei, Anhui, China
Ningbo Hangzhou Bay Hospital
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Kashgar Second People's Hospital
Kashgar, China
Huashan Hospital, Fudan University
Shanghai, China
Renji Hospital
Shanghai, China
Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, China
Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital
Shanghai, China
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
Shanghai, China