New Therapies for Patients
Not only does the GRHealth Digestive Health Center provide world-class care with advanced diagnostics and treatments, but our team is pioneering and conducting cutting-edge research in many areas to uncover new solutions for challenging diseases and improve digestive health so that we practice tomorrow’s medicine today. Some of our current and upcoming clinical trials include:
Advanced Endoscopy
- Novel endoscopic diagnostics and treatments
Colon
- New methods of improving colonic preparations for colonoscopy
Hepatology
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease mechanisms and new treatments
- Liver injury and role of vascular mechanisms
- Hepatocellular cancer
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Novel biologic therapies for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
- Translational studies on guanylyl cyclase C, or GCC, and colitis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Brain-gut-brain interaction studies to understand IBS and drug effects such as linaclotide
Motility and Neurogastroenterology
- Neuromodulation therapy for fecal incontinence and levator ani syndrome
- New enzyme therapy for dietary fructose intolerance
- Novel methods of sensory biofeedback training for anorectal problems
- New diagnostic tests for gas/bloating, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and small intestinal fungal overgrowth, and pelvic floor disorders
- Comparative trials of wireless motility capsule and impact on treatment of gastroparesis
If you are interested in participating in a clinical trial, you will need to undergo an initial screening to see if you meet certain requirements. We will also need access to your medical records.
For more information, contact:
Clinical Study Coordinators
Amanda Schmeltz
706-721-1968
803-761-1057
[email protected]
Meagan Gibbs
706-721-1968
[email protected]