Clinical experience using the tethered capsule-based spectrally encoded confocal microendoscopy for diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis
(Conference Presentation)

Dukho Do; Sanaz Alali; DongKyun Kang; Nima Tabatabaie; Weina Lu; Catriona N. Grant; Amna R. Soomro; Norman S. Nishioka M.D.; Mireille Rosenberg; Paul E. Hesterberg; Qian Yuan; John J. Garber; Aubrey J. Katz M.D.; Wayne G. Shreffler; Guillermo J. Tearney M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.2218559

3 May 2016 Clinical experience using the tethered capsule-based spectrally encoded confocal microendoscopy for diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (Conference Presentation)

Dukho Do, Sanaz Alali, DongKyun Kang, Nima Tabatabaie, Weina Lu, Catriona N. Grant, Amna R. Soomro, Norman S. Nishioka M.D., Mireille Rosenberg, Paul E. Hesterberg, Qian Yuan, John J. Garber, Aubrey J. Katz M.D., Wayne G. Shreffler, Guillermo J. Tearney M.D.

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Proceedings Volume 9691, Endoscopic Microscopy XI; and Optical Techniques in Pulmonary Medicine III; 96910L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218559
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is caused by food allergies, and defined by histological presence of eosinophil cells in the esophagus. The current gold standard for EoE diagnosis is endoscopy with pinch biopsy to detect more than 15 eosinophils/ High power field (HPF). Biopsy examinations are expensive, time consuming and are difficult to tolerate for patients. Spectrally encoded confocal microscopy (SECM) is a high-speed reflectance confocal microscopy technology capable of imaging individual eosinophils as highly scattering cells (diameter between 8 µm to 15 µm) in the epithelium. Our lab has developed a tethered SECM capsule that can be swallowed by unsedated patients. The capsule acquires large area confocal images, equivalent to more than 30,000 HPFs, as it traverses through the esophagus. In this paper, we present the outcome of a clinical study using the tethered SECM capsule for diagnosing EoE. To date, 32 subjects have been enrolled in this study. 88% of the subjects swallowed the capsules without difficulty and of those who swallowed the capsule, 95% preferred the tethered capsule imaging procedure to sedated endoscopic biopsy. Each imaging session took about 12 ± 2.4 minutes during which 8 images each spanning of 24 ± 5 cm2 of the esophagus were acquired. SECM images acquired from EoE patients showed abundant eosinophils as highly scattering cells in squamous epithelium. Results from this study suggest that the SECM capsule has the potential to become a less-invasive, cost-effective tool for diagnosing EoE and monitoring the response of this disease to therapy.

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Dukho Do, Sanaz Alali, DongKyun Kang, Nima Tabatabaie, Weina Lu, Catriona N. Grant, Amna R. Soomro, Norman S. Nishioka M.D., Mireille Rosenberg, Paul E. Hesterberg, Qian Yuan, John J. Garber, Aubrey J. Katz M.D., Wayne G. Shreffler, and Guillermo J. Tearney M.D. "Clinical experience using the tethered capsule-based spectrally encoded confocal microendoscopy for diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9691, Endoscopic Microscopy XI; and Optical Techniques in Pulmonary Medicine III, 96910L (3 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218559

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