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Dysphagia in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD)- Evaluation, Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing, Treatment and Long Term Follow up

NCT01167439 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2010-07-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators aimed to review the natural history of dysphagia and dysphonia in OPMD in order to identify the best candidates and the proper timing to perform dysphagia alleviating procedures in both heterozygote and homozygote patients from the large pool of cases with this disease in Israel.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Upper esophageal sphincter myotomy

Upper esophageal sphincter release operation to allow better swallowing. The intervention is done under GA and by extra-mucosal approach.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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Diseases

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