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Role of the funding source: This clinical trial was funded entirely by the sponsor Chr. Hansen

A/S. The authors of the trial (some of whom are Chr. Hansen employees) jointly designed the trial.

The sponsor was not directly involved in trial conduct nor the statistical analysis on the dataset

obtained. All authors had access to the data after unblinding, contributed to writing the manuscript,

approved the manuscript before submission and vouch for its integrity. The corresponding author

had the final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.

Abbreviations:

AUC

Area-under-the-curve

ASA

Acetylsalicylic Acid

NSAID

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

PPIs

Proton pump inhibitors

MANUSCRIPT Video Capsule Endoscopy

VCE

Acknowledgements : We would like to acknowledge all of the involved staff at the CRO Atlantia

Food Clinical Trials, Cork Ireland for an efficient and professional conduct of the trial on behalf of

the sponsor. We would like to acknowledge all of the involved staff at the CRO Signifikans,

Vedbæk Denmark for their professional handling of all data management and statistical analysis

performed. We would also like to thank Medtronic, Ireland for technical assistance and dialogue in

planning of the VCE procedures conducted during the trial.

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