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Anterior Orientation vs Posterior Orientation in Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy POEM for the Treatment of Achalasia

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03228758

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Official title

Efficacy of Anterior Versus Posterior Myotomy Approach in Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for the Treatment of Achalasia - A Single Operator Analysis

Brief summary

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The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and efficacy of the anterior versus posterior myotomy technique in Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) for the treatment of Achalasia. The primary efficacy outcome is periprocedural pain requiring the use of narcotics. The secondary outcomes focus on safety which includes technical procedure duration time; tunneling time, myotomy time, and closure time; incidence of mucosotomy (transmural and non-transmural injury), capnoperitoneum, and the postoperative sequelae of gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD). Periprocedural pain data collection will include post POEM procedure pain scores, administrations of analgesia until discharge. The final analysis will focus on determining whether there is a statistically significant difference in the amount and severity of pain in the Anterior versus Posterior myotomy subject populations. Additional analysis will be the collection of analgesic type (narcotic versus non-narcotic), dosage, frequency, and duration of treatment from post POEM procedure in the endoscopy recovery suite until the subjects are discharged.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03228758
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
NYU Langone Health
Other
Enrollment
89 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Jul 23, 2017
Primary completion
May 17, 2018
Completion
May 23, 2019
Last update posted
May 4, 2020

2017 – 2019

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
NYU Winthrop Hospital Mineola New York 11501

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