Use of a Non-Endoscopic Capsule-Sponge Triage Test for Reflux Symptoms: Results From the NHS England Prospective Real-World Evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acid reflux is a common presentation in primary care leading to a high volume of referrals to endoscopy that are often normal.

Aims

To determine whether a non-endoscopic capsule sponge biomarker test could triage patients with low-risk reflux symptoms, reduce endoscopy waiting lists and identify Barrett's oesophagus in a real-world setting.

Methods

Patients with reflux symptoms on NHS endoscopy waiting lists who were offered a capsule sponge (test group) between February 2021 and August 2022 were included in this national multicentre prospective cohort study and compared with eligible patients on the standard endoscopy pathway (counterfactual group).

Results

Two thousand one hundred seventy patients from 23 hospitals undertook a capsule sponge triage

SUBMITTER: Gourgiotis V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11825927 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature