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This clinical trial aims to characterize a novel method of imaging the gastrointestinal tract in healthy subjects. The method is using laser-light and soundwaves and it is performed in a similar manner as conventional ultrasound. It is radiation-free and non-invasive.
Participants will ingest food mixed with the clinically-registered dye Indocyanine green. Researchers will measure the signal of the dye over different segments of the gastrointestinal tract, visualizing gastrointestinal transit.
This clinical trial aims to assess gastrointestinal transit by using contrast-enhanced multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT). MSOT is able to visualize not only endogenous chromophores like hemoglobin but also exogenous chromophores such as Indocyanine green (ICG). Healthy subjects will ingest three different standardized meals, all of which are mixed with ICG. By measuring the signal intensity of ICG during gastrointestinal transit, gut motility can be assessed non-invasive and radiation free.
The goal is to compare transit times for different standardized meals, which are liquid, mushy, and solid.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Breakfast 1 | Experimental | Breakfast 1 is composed of 500 ml of water, mixed with 50 mg of ICG |
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| Breakfast 2 | Experimental | Breakfast 2 is composed of 200ml of yoghurt, mixed with 50 mg of ICG |
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| Breakfast 3 | Experimental | Breakfast 3 is composed of two slices white toast, two fried eggs and 30 g of jam, mixed with 50 mg of ICG |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Contrast-enhanced multispectral optoacoustic tomography | Diagnostic Test | Ingestion of ICG-labeled food and 10 measurements with MSOT, 1 before ingestion of food, 8 afterwards, each after 60 minutes, 1 measurement 24 hours after ingestion |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Transit-times of different segments of the gastrointestinal tract | Transit-times of the gastrointestinal passage | 2 days |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Signal-intensity of ICG | Measured with MSOT in arbitrary units | 2 days |
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Inclusion criteria
Exclusion Criteria:
General:
ICG related:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Emmanuel Nedoschill, MD | Contact | +49 9131 85 41151 | emmanuel.nedoschill@uk-erlangen.de |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ferdinand Knieling, MD | Kinder- und Jugendklinik Universitätsklinikum Erlangen | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University Hospital Erlangen | Recruiting | Erlangen | Bavaria | 91054 | Germany |
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Subjects will ingest three different standardized meals called breakfast 1, breakfast 2, and breakfast 3. They will ingest one meal per day, there is a minimum of 48 hours between measurement days. Every subject will ingest every meal.
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