Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
Woman's Hospital of Texas, 7600 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77054 USA and Gastrointestinal Consultants of Houston, 7501 Fannin St., Suite 705, Houston, TX 77054, USA
Research Article
Validation of New GIMA Biomarker Signature of Endometriosis - Interim Data
Author(s): Mark Noar, John Mathias and Ajit Kolatkar
Objective: Validate diagnostic accuracy of new unique biomarker, Gastrointestinal Myoelectrical Activity (GIMA), detected by Electroviscerography (EVG) with Ai-derived disease threshold score calculation to non-invasively diagnose endometriosis.
Design: Multicenter prospective blinded trial.
Setting: Women’s healthcare center.
Population of Sample: 165 patients with and without endometriosis diagnosis.
Methods: Initial 50 patients meeting inclusion criteria in 165-patients multicenter prospective GIMA biomarker trial were selected for interim analysis. Study population included women 27 years-55 years old, 25 with diagnosis of endometriosis and 25 non-endometriosis controls. Clinical and GIMA data were collected between February 2007 and September 2017, at.. View More»