Magnified Intelligence Chromoendoscopy Plus Probe-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy for Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Diagnosis

Magnified intelligence chromoendoscopy (FICE) plus probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) for Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia (GIM) diagnosis: a feasibility trial Research Question: Is confocal endomicroscope feasible to diagnose gastric intestinal metaplasia? Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of confocal endomicroscope in diagnose gastric intestinal metaplasia. Hypothesis: Confocal endomicreosocpe can provide the accurate diagnosis of gastric intestinal metaplasia. Research design: Diagnostic study Sample size: The investigators follow the population in recent study from Imraporn et al.: Validity of magnify NBI for gastric intestinal metaplasia targeted biopsy (N= 50) Data analysis: Confocal Barrett's esophagus classification was used to evaluate agreement of confocal endomicroscopic finding in gastric intestinal metaplasia. The accuracy of new criteria for GIM by confocal endomicroscope was evaluated in relation to pathological report, a gold standard for diagnosis, and reported as sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy of these criteria. Expected Benefit and Application: The feasibility of confocal endomicroscopy for diagnosis gastric intestinal metaplasia in order to improve the quality of GIM/dysplasia/early gastric cancer detection and then decrease the mortality rate from gastric cancer in the future.