I-Scan a novel endoscopic tool for identification of mucosal lesions
Research type
Research Study
Full title
I-Scan a novel endoscopic tool for the macroscopic identification of mucosal lesions
IRAS ID
136691
Contact name
Peter D Mooney
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Research summary
The use of endoscopy for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases has continued to increase in recent years. Endoscopy provides an advantage over other non-invasive or minimally invasive procudes in that it allows both direct visualisation of the mucosa but direct and accurate sampling of abnormalities for histological examination. However standard endoscopy does have some limitations particularly with small lesions and pan-mucosal changes. Some lesions may be entirely benign and require no further intervention but as a result of difficulty with accurate endoscopic characterisation of lesions in many cases unnecessary biopsies or polypectomies are undertaken. Therefore any technology that can augment the use of standard endoscopy to minimise unnecessary intervention should be encouraged. I-Scan is a digital enhancement technique available with Pentax endoscopes. There have been other novel endoscopic advances for example, Narrow band imaging but these have not been adopted widely for a number of reasons including technical difficulties or patient tolerability.
REC name
London - Brighton & Sussex Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
13/LO/1380
Date of REC Opinion
9 Sep 2013
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion