POEM- Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Esophageal Motility Disorders

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Achalasia

Treatments: Procedure: POEM

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01512719

040411-HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with Achalasia whom are candidates for Heller Myotomy

Exclusion criteria

• Perforation of LES during dilatation
• Pregnant women
• mentally ill patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

POEM procedure

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with achalasia that undergo POEM

Treatment:

Procedure: POEM