Using endoscopy to find causes of chronic belly pain in children
Part of Digestive system, Pain clinical trials.
This study looks at how often an endoscopy (a camera test to look inside the stomach and gut) finds a medical reason for long-term belly pain in children aged 6 to 18. It may help if your child has pain that does not go away and has worrying signs, or if treatments like acid-reducing medicine or diet changes have not worked.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your child is between 6 and 18 years old.
- Your child has had belly pain that comes and goes or stays for at least 3 months.
- The pain happens most of the time and makes it hard to do normal daily activities.
- Your child has one or more of these: weight loss, low blood count (anemia), vomiting blood, trouble swallowing, throwing up often, or pain at night.
- Or, treatments like acid-reducing medicine or changing what your child eats have not helped.
- Or, the doctor suspects a problem like celiac disease or H. pylori infection.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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