Recruiting

Endoscopic Procedures & POEM

Sponsor:

Methodist Health System

Code:

NCT04640753

Conditions

Achalasia

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Endoscopic procedure for achalasia

Study Details

Brief summary:

There will be a retrospective chart review for patients who underwent endoscopic procedures and POEM from 06/2016 - 01/2019 \& a prospective chart review will be performed for patients who will undergo endoscopic procedures and POEM from 02/2019 - 06/2021

Conditions

Achalasia

Study ID

NCT04640753

Start date

Feb 6, 2019

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Feb 5, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb 5, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Any discharged patient who has undergone clinically indicated and/or standard of care POEM for the treatment of Achalasia from 6/2016 to 6/2021.
  • Above or equal to 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Any patient who has not undergone POEM for the treatment of Achalasia.
  • Below 18 years of age

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

Endoscopic procedure for achalasia

POEM procedure will have a high technical feasibility, with effective clinical resolution of symptoms both in the short and long term.

Primary outcome measure

  • Decrease or no symptoms of chest pain [ Time Frame: upto 180 days ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Crystee Cooper, DHEd

214-947-1280clinicalresearch@mhd.com

Jennifer Kirchner

214-947-4459ClinicalResearch@mhd.com

Locations

Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75203

More Information

Sponsor

Methodist Health System

Last update posted

Jun 10, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Methodist Health System on 2026-06-10.