Doctors test personalized surgery for severe swallowing disorders

NCT ID NCT07293689

Summary

This study is testing whether customizing the length of muscle cuts during POEM surgery improves outcomes for people with swallowing disorders like achalasia. Researchers will compare standard surgery to shorter, tailored cuts for some patients and study longer cuts for others. Participants will complete questionnaires over two years to track their symptoms and treatment success.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

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Locations

  • Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc

    Orlando, Florida, 32803, United States

  • Baylor Scott & White Health

    Dallas, Texas, 75204, United States

  • Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States

  • Mayo Clinic Arizona

    Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States

  • Northwestern University

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • University of California San Diego

    La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

  • University of Colorado Denver

    Denver, Colorado, 80217, United States

  • University of Florida

    Gainesville, Florida, 32611, United States

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • Washington University

    St Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States

  • Weill Cornell Medical College

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

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