Dollars for Profs
Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest
Published Dec. 6, 2019
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Conflict of Interest
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Wallapak Tavanapong
University of Minnesota, Department: Internal Medicine/medicine
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EndoMetric Corporation
Equity Interest - Non-publicly traded entity ( e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest)
In her ISU research award on the subaward, the investigator is using software donated by the entity - and the research results could lead to software improvements. The institution has reasonably determined that the significant financial interest could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct or reporting of the PHS-funded research and therefore requirements management.
REAL-TIME FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE COLONOSCOPY
PROJECT NARRATIVE Our long-term objective is to ensure that all endoscopic examinations of the colon, so called colonoscopies, are of excellent quality. Unfortunately, at present this is not the case and ?missed lesions?, i.e. large polyps or colorectal cancer, sometimes are detected shortly after a ?negative? colonoscopy. Several patient-, equipment- and endoscopist-related factors may be responsible for this. We and most colorectal cancer experts believe that the endoscopist-related factors, in particular endoscopist technique, are most important as the endoscopist can mitigate unfavorable conditions related to patient- or equipment-related conditions. We have developed software able to derive quality metrics about endoscopist-related factors from streaming video during colonoscopy and immediately inform the endoscopist about the results, i.e., provide real-time feedback. In other words, we have created a system that has the potential to improve endoscopic technique during a colonoscopy in a live patient. Now we propose to optimize the method whereby we provide feedback related to technique to the endoscopist and then to test whether giving feedback indeed results in better technique and at the same time in the discovery and removal of more polyps. This year, approximately 14 million US citizens will undergo colonoscopy for a total cost of around $24 billion and about 50,000 patients will die of colorectal cancer. We strongly believe that use of our software will improve detection and prevention of colorectal cancer.
Filed on September 27, 2017.
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