NCT01863966

Hot Water Drinking Therapy in Achalasia

Efficacy and Safety Study of Hot Water Drinking Therapy in Achalasia Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Peking Union Medical College Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

From clinical observation that some achalasia patients drink water to help swallow food, the investigators have proposed a systemic hot water drinking therapy. This study is to observe its efficacy on achalasia symptoms and explore its mechanism.

Detailed description

1. Achalasia patients will participate hot water drinking therapy: to drink 200ml of hot water before and after a meal, as well as 2 hours before sleep and to chew food carefully and swallow with hot soup. 2. Patients are followed by achalasia associated symptom scores, barium esophagram and endoscopy. 3. If patients are unsatisfied with hot water drinking therapy, they receive pneumatic dilation

Conditions

• Achalasia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	hot water drinking therapy	Drink 200ml hot water 3min before and after a meal. Swallow food with hot water and drink 200ml hot water before sleep
PROCEDURE	Pneumatic dilation	Patients who are unsatisfied with hot water drinking therapy are to receive standard pneumatic dilation under endoscope

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-11-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2013-05-29
• Last updated: 2013-05-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China