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POEM- Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Esophageal Motility Disorders

NCT01512719 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2025-10-02

No results posted yet for this study

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

  • Achalasia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

POEM

Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy for achalasia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hadassah Medical Organization

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yoav Mintz, MD · Hadassah Medical Organization

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2023-01-31
Completion
2023-01-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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