Current study projects (selection):
SMART RESECT:
Prospective, randomised, multicentre study comparing cold snare resection with and without margin coagulation in the endoscopic removal of large polyps in the colon. The Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus is the primary study centre.
Endoscopic submucosal and intermuscular dissection – German registry study:
This is a prospective, multicentre registry study evaluating endoscopic submucosal dissections throughout the entire gastrointestinal tract and endoscopic intermuscular dissections in the rectum. The study centre is Universitätsklinikum Augsburg; the Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus Freiburg is participating as a trial site.
Cold Resect:
Prospective, randomised, multicentre study comparing cold snare resection with hot snare resection in the endoscopic removal of large polyps in the duodenum. The study centre is Universitätsklinikum Augsburg; the Evangelisches Diakoniekrankenhaus Freiburg is participating as a trial site.
CHRONICLE study
In 2024, among other publications, we published the prospective, randomised, multicentre CHRONICLE study in the renowned journal Gastroenterology. The article is available free of charge 04935- 7/fulltext?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here.
The study addressed the question of which method is best for removing large colonic polyps during a colonoscopy. For this study, our Chief Physician PD Dr. Ingo Steinbrück received the renowned Meinhard Classen Prize of the German Society for Gastroenterology (DGVS) in 2024.
For further information on this study, we recommend the interesting episode of the DGVS podcast “Gastrogeplauder”, recorded by Prof. Dr. Thomas Rösch (Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Interdisciplinary Endoscopy at the Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf) with PD Dr. Steinbrück during the 2023 European gastroenterology congress in Copenhagen (https://www.dgvs.de/aus-dem-fach/klinik-praxis/gastro-geplauder/ or on Spotify). Here the study is discussed in detail and put into context.
A selection of publications from recent years involving the Department of Internal Medicine can be found here.
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