BEST-Australia: A Phase II Study of Non-Endoscopic Screening for Barretts Oesophagus in Primary Care

巴雷特食道在胃灼热患者中很常见，可能会进展为食道癌。大多数食道癌病例是在生存机会很低的晚期被诊断出来的。目前，巴雷特病只能通过内窥镜诊断。我们将测试非内窥镜海绵胶囊和新的实验室测试在早期检测Barrett‘s食道方面的有效性和可接受性。这可能使在一般情况下及早发现这种癌前状态成为可能。

Barrett's oesophagus is common in people with heartburn and may progress to oesophageal cancer. Most cases of oesophageal cancer are diagnosed at a late stage when chances of survival are poor. Currently Barrett's is only diagnosed by endoscopy. We will test how effective and acceptable a non-endoscopic sponge capsule and novel laboratory test is at detecting Barrett's oesophagus early. This could potentially enable early detection of this pre-cancerous condition in general practice.