{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: A novel pilot study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a wireless patch system in patients with chronic nausea and vomiting.
{Author}: Lacy BE;Cangemi DJ;Accurso JM;Axelrod S;Axelrod L;Navalgund A;
{Journal}: Neurogastroenterol Motil
{Volume}: 36
{Issue}: 9
{Year}: 2024 Sep 22
{Factor}: 3.96
{DOI}: 10.1111/nmo.14862
{Abstract}: <B>BACKGROUND: </B>Gastric sensorimotor disorders (functional dyspepsia [FD] and gastroparesis [GP]) are prevalent and burdensome. Prolonged ambulatory recording using a wireless patch may provide novel information in these patients.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>Consecutive adult patients (age ≥ 18 years) referred for gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) were eligible for study inclusion. Patients were excluded if they had prior foregut surgery; were taking opioids or other medications known to affect gastric emptying; had a HgbA1C > 10; or were recently hospitalized. Three wireless motility patches were applied to the skin prior to GES. Patients wore the patches for 6 days while recording meals, symptoms, and bowel movements using an iPhone app.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>Twenty-three consecutive adults (87% women; mean age = 43.9 years; mean BMI = 26.7 kg/m2) were enrolled. A gastric histogram revealed three levels of gastric myoelectric activity: weak, moderate, and strong. Patients with delayed gastric emptying at 4 h had weak gastric myoelectrical activity. Patients with nausea and vomiting had strong intestinal activity. Those with FD had weak gastric and intestinal myoelectric activity, and a weak meal response in the stomach, intestine, and colon compared to those with nausea alone or vomiting alone.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>Patients with FD, and those with delayed gastric emptying, had unique gastrointestinal myoelectrical activity patterns. Reduced postprandial pan-intestinal myoelectric activity may explain the symptoms of FD in some patients. Recording gastrointestinal activity over a prolonged period in the outpatient setting has the potential to identify unique pathophysiologic patterns and meal-related activity that distinguishes patients with distinct gastric sensorimotor disease states.