Looking for Barrett's esophagus in people with eating disorders who purge
Checks for Barrett's esophagus with a non-endoscopic test in people who purge.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- Where
- Denver, United StatesSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Barrett's Esophagitis in Anorexia Nervosa Binge/Purge Subtype
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 25 people, planned
- Started
- 12 Nov 2024
- Expected to end
- Nov 2026
- Type of study
- Observational
- Treatments tested
- EsoGuard
- Record updated
- 10 December 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with an eating disorder that includes purging (vomiting or rumination), admitted to the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Severe Malnutrition. It checks for Barrett's esophagus with the EsoGuard test, which does not use an endoscope.
- Age
- 18 to 65 years
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- An eating disorder with purging for 5 years or more. Purging or rumination at least once a day when admitted.
Main reasons for not taking part
- An eating disorder without purging
- People who already meet the current ACG screening guidelines (long-term reflux, called GERD, plus 3 or more risk factors for Barrett's)
- People receiving mandated (required by law) care when they enrol
- People unable to give consent
- Younger than 18 or older than 65
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Patients diagnosed with an eating disorder diagnosis that includes purging history
- Ages 18-65
- Purging history =>5 years
- Purging or rumination at a minimum of once daily upon admission
- Admission to the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Severe Malnutrition
Who cannot take part
- Received mandated care at time of enrollment
- Any eating disorder diagnosis that does not include purging behaviors
- Ages under 18 and over 65
- Patients who otherwise meet the current ACG screening guidelines (chronic GERD and 3 or more risk factors for Barrett's mentioned in the Background)
- Inability to consent to participate in the research
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 65 years old?
Where in United States
- ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders and Severe MalnutritionDenver, United StatesContact: Marina J Foster, BATaking people
- Denver Health and Hospital AuthorityDenver, United StatesContact: Marina FosterTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
To better define the presence of Barrett's esophagus (BE) via non-endoscopic testing in an eating disorder cohort with purging (vomiting/rumination) behaviors
The group in the trial
- AN-BP
individuals with a dx of AN-BP, with a \>5-year history of purging, with a frequency of at least once a day.
Treatment: EsoGuard
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Presence of Barrett's Esophagitis in a Cohort of People With Eating Disorders Who Engage in Purging Behaviors: A Pilot Study
- Plain-language title
- Looking for Barrett's esophagus in people with eating disorders who purgeGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06532734, who can take part
- Record updated
- 10 December 2025