Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01512719
POEM- Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Esophageal Motility Disorders
POEM a Novel Endoscopic Treatment for Achalasia
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
POEM has recently described as an alternative treatment for achalasia in humans. In this procedure the esophageal sphincter is incised through a submucosal tunnel in the esophagus. In this study we aim to perform POEM on achalasia patients.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | POEM | Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy for achalasia |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-01-01
- Completion
- 2023-01-01
- First posted
- 2012-01-19
- Last updated
- 2025-10-02
Locations
3 sites across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01512719. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.