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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02259283
Date of registration: 29/09/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Public title: Prospective Study on the Feasibility and Results of POEM in Idiopathic Achalasia POEM
Scientific title: Prospective Study on the Feasibility and Results of the Treatment of Idiopathic Achalasia With the POEM (Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy) Technique
Date of first enrolment: December 2012
Target sample size: 10
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02259283
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:     Alessandro Repici, MD
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Affiliation:  Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 to 75 years

- Manometric diagnosis of achalasia

- Eckardt score more than 3

- Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Increased surgical risk for important comorbidities,

- Pseudoachalasia

- Mega-esophagus (more than 7 cm) and or sigmoid esophagus,

- Previous esophageal or gastric surgery (with the exception of gastric perforation)

- Inability of completing the questionnarie

- Inability to keep a commitment for follow-up

- Esophageal diverticulum



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Achalasia
Intervention(s)
Device: Hybrid Knife
Primary Outcome(s)
Clinical Success [Time Frame: 24 months]
Feasibility [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Quality of Life [Time Frame: 24 months]
Reflux disease [Time Frame: 24 months]
Treatment failure [Time Frame: 24 months]
Adverse events [Time Frame: 24 months]
Efficacy [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary ID(s)
POEM-ICH
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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