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First received: September 06, 2023

Clinical Trial: POEM-F for Achalasia International Study

Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Condition: Achalasia

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL


Official Title: Per-oral Endoscopic Myotomy With Fundoplication for Achalasia - an International Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Brief Summary: Per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has emerged as the endoscopic treatment of choice for achalasia, offering comparable symptom relief with laparoscopic Heller's cardiomyotomy.The main concern with POEM is the higher incidence of post-procedure gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), occurring in up to 50-60% of patients.In order to reduce the risk of GERD, endoscopic fundoplication has been developed as a novel procedure mimicking surgical anterior partial fundoplication that can be performed in the same…

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