Should acid reflux meds be routine after POEM? new trial aims to find out
NCT ID NCT05899842
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study compares two strategies for preventing acid reflux after POEM surgery for achalasia: taking a PPI (Lansoprazole) every day for a year versus taking it only when reflux symptoms occur. About 132 participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two groups. The goal is to see which approach better reduces harmful acid exposure in the esophagus.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Lansoprazole (a protein pump inhibitor)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could establish a standard approach to prevent acid reflux after POEM surgery, improving patient comfort and reducing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, single-center trial. The benefit of routine PPI over symptom-based use may be small, and long-term PPI use carries its own risks.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 132 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient with an indication for esophageal POEM for achalasia * Patient with all types of achalasia with Eckardt score \> 3 * The patient must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form * The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with contraindications to PPIs * Patient with mediastinal and esophageal neoplasia * Patient with a history of Heller myotomy surgery * Patients requiring any type of anti-reflux valve surgery * The subject is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study * It is impossible to give the subject informed information * The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship * Patient is pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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AP-HM
RECRUITINGMarseille, France
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CHU de Montpellier
RECRUITINGMontpellier, France
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CHU de Nîmes
RECRUITINGNîmes, France
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Clinique mutualiste Beausoleil
RECRUITINGMontpellier, France
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