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First received: August 28, 2023

Clinical Trial: External Validation of a Microscopic Colitis Clinical Scoring System in Patients With Chronic Watery Diarrhoea

Study Status: Completed

Recruit Status: RECRUITING

Condition: Microscopic Colitis

Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL


Official Title: External Validation of a Clinical Scoring System to Predict Microscopic Colitis in Patients With Chronic Watery Diarrhoea

Brief Summary: Chronic watery diarrhoea is a very common problem in the population and most of these patients will be referred for colonoscopy.If no macroscopic findings are observed during colonoscopy to justify the diarrhoea, serial colonic biopsies will be taken to rule out Microscopic Colitis (MC).However, it has been estimated that only 10-15% of these patients will be diagnosed with MC after colonoscopy.Therefore, about 80% of the biopsies collected and analysed will not be useful to establish a diagnosis, considerably…

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