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A Novel Hemostatic Powder for the Endoscopic Treatment of Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Results From a Multicenter Prospective Study Performed in Routine Practice (the ‘Graphe' Registry) Sami Haddara, Julien Branche, Stephane Lecleire, Jeremie Jacques, Laurent Heyries, Jocelyn Privat, Philippe Bichard, Philippe Grandval, Yann Lebaleur, Ulriikka Chaput, Stephane Koch, Jonathan Levy, Bruno Godart, Antoine Charachon, Jean-Francois Bourgaux, Emmanuel Coron

Background: Although the efficacy of gastric electrical stimulation has been reported in short-term studies, there is a lack of data on the long-term improvement of nausea and vomiting by gastric electrical stimulation in patients with delayed or normal gastric emptying. Methods: Thirty-one patients were implanted at our centre for medically refractory severe and chronic nausea and/or vomiting. Patients were evaluated at baseline, 6 months then 5 years after implantation (mean follow-up 80 ± 4 months) using a symptomatic and quality of life scores. Key results: Amongst the 31 patients, 4 were lost to follow-up, 6 explanted due to lack of improvement, and 1 patient died. Out of the 20 patients evaluated over 5 years, the quality of life score showed 27% improvement (p < 0.01), including nausea (62%; p < 0.01), vomiting (111%; p = 0.03), satiety (158%; p < 0.01), bloating (67%; p < 0.01) and epigastric pain (43%; p = 0.03). Over 5 years, 15/20 patients reported a 50% improvement with a global satisfaction rated at 64 ± 6%. Therefore, 15/27 patients (56%) were improved by gastric electrical stimulation over 5 years in intention to treat. Improvement of nausea 6 months after implantation was predictive of 5-year success of gastric electrical stimulation (p = 0.04). Finally, patients with delayed gastric emptying or with normal gastric emptying rate before surgery were similarly improved over 5 years (60% versus 50% respectively). Conclusion: Gastric electrical stimulation is safe and effective in the long term in patients with medically refractory nausea and vomiting, with an efficacy over 50% beyond 5 years in intention to treat. Gastric emptying measured before implantation did not influence the response rate over 5 years. Gast © 2012 Editrice