Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation BlueCross BlueShield Association. Wireless motility capsule in the diagnosis and evaluation of gastroparesis or slow-transit constipation. Chicago: BlueCross BlueShield Association (BCBS). TEC Assessment 27(4). 2012 Authors' objectives The objective of this assessment is to determine whether the wireless motility capsule (SmartPill®) improves health outcomes when used in the diagnosis and evaluation of gastroparesis and constipation, in patients presenting with clinical symptoms of those conditions. Authors' conclusions The limited body of evidence on the diagnostic characteristics of SmartPill® does reveal correlations between SmartPill® and other tests that indicate some capability to distinguish diseased from nondiseased persons. However, because of the types of subjects included in the studies, particularly healthy patients, and the lack of a reference standard for the disease of interest (slow-transit constipation) in some studies, the diagnostic characteristics of SmartPill® are uncertain.
There are no studies that ascertain whether use of the SmartPill® in addition to or instead of alternative methods of diagnosis improves patient outcomes. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by NLM MeSH Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans; Capsule Endoscopy /instrumentation /methods; Clinical Trials as Topic; Constipation /diagnosis /therapy; Device Approval; Gastric Emptying; Gastrointestinal Transit /physiology; Gastroparesis /diagnosis /therapys; Monitoring, Physiologic /instrumentation /methods; Technology Assessment, Biomedical; Treatment Outcome; United States Language Published English Country of organisation United States English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence BlueCross BlueShield Association, Technology Evaluation Center, 225 North Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Tel: 888 832 4321 Email: tec@bcbsa.com AccessionNumber 32013000450 Date abstract record published 20/06/2013 |