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UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders

Hormones, symptoms of fullness and functional dyspepsia

Principal Investigator Kim Brownley, PhD
Organization UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders Bioinformatics Building, CB# 7080 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7080
Description This study is designed to evaluate the relationship of hormones that regulate feelings of hunger and satiety to gastric emptying rate and to symptoms of fullness and discomfort after meal intake in patients who have functional dyspepsia and in matched healthy controls.
Contact Steve Heymen, MS
Steve_Heymen@med.unc.edu
Phone (919) 966-2544
Requirements To participate in this study, you must meet the following criteria:
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Not obese (body mass index must be < 30)
  • Premenopausal (women)
  • Patients must have previously diagnosed non-ulcer functional dyspepsia
  • Healthy controls must match patients on age, sex, body mass index, and ethnicity
Compensation $150 for completing the study plus parking reimbursement
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