Role of Gastroinestinal Endoscopy in Pediatric Failure to Thrive
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age6-18
SponsorAssiut University
About this trial
This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic role of gastrointestinal endoscopy in children presenting with failure to thrive and its correlation with histopathology and other diagnostic modalities.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Age from 6 months to 18 years..
Both sexes.
Clinical suspicion of an underlying gastrointestinal cause (e.g., chronic vomiting, chronic diarrhea either bloody or not, chronic abdominal pain and/or gastrointestinal bleeding
Parental/guardian consent for their siblings to share in the study
Disqualifiers
Known chronic disease already causing failure to thrive (genetic, cardiac, renal, or endocrine disorders).
Contraindications to endoscopy or anesthesia (e.g. severe coagulopathy, unstable cardiopulmonary status).
Parental refusal to participate or consent for endoscopy
Trial population
any child from6 months to 18 years and has unexplained failure to thrive failure to thrive means: Weight-for-age below the 5th percentile for sex/age or crossing downward by ≥2 major percentiles lines on a standardized growth chart confirmed on two measurements.
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
No trial groups listed
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Role of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Evaluation of Pediatric Failure to Thrive
evaluate the diagnostic role of gastrointestinal endoscopy in children presenting with failure to thrive and its correlation with histopathology and other diagnostic modalities.
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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