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Gastric Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (G-POEM) in Refractory Gastroparesis

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Idiopathic Gastric Stasis
Gastroparesis Postoperative
Gastroparesis Due to Diabetes Mellitus
Interventions
Procedure: G-POEM
Registration Number
NCT03126513
Lead Sponsor
Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico
Brief Summary

Refractory gastroparesis is a disease characterized by a delayed gastric emptying without a mechanical obstruction. Actual treatments have a limited efficacy and gastric per-oral endoscopic myotomy (G-POEM) is a new treatment that has demonstrated initial promising results in these patients. The investigators aims are to evaluate security and efficacy of this endoscopic treatment in participants with refractory gastroparesis.

Detailed Description

Gastroparesis is a chronic, condition characterized by a delayed gastric emptying without a mechanical obstruction. This disease is associated with high morbidity and mortality with a prevalence up to 4% of population. Patients with this disease have a reduced quality of life. The principal etiologies include: post-surgical, diabetes, medications and idiopathic. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, early satiety, bloating and abdominal pain. Diagnosis is based on the combination of symptoms and studies as gastroscopy that shows retained food in the stomach without a gastric outlet obstruction and confirmed with a gastric emptying scintigraphy. Treatments have limited effect in these patients, including medications, botulinum toxin injection, surgical gastric electrical stimulation, laparoscopic pyloroplasty and stent placement. G-POEM is a new technique based on per-oral endoscopic myotomy treatment in achalasia patients, which has been recently proposed for treatment of patients with refractory gastroparesis with good initial results. The investigators aim is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of this new technique in a group of mexican participants with this disease.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
82
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with refractory gastroparesis based on delayed gastric emptying symptoms: Nausea, retching, vomiting, abdominal pain, early satiety, post-prandial fullness, bloating.
  • Refractoriness defines as the presence of symptoms with failure or recurrence after other type of treatment.
  • Any etiology: diabetes, post-surgical, idiopathic
Exclusion Criteria
  • Pregnancy
  • Portal hypertension
  • Gastric malignant condition
  • Active prepyloric ulcer
  • Mechanical pyloric stenosis

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
G-POEM in refractory gastroparesisG-POEMParticipants with refractory gastroparesis will be confirmed by endoscopy, clinical and scintigraphy studies.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Efficacy of G-POEM in gastroparesis in percentage of scintigraphic improvement at 4hrs1, 6 and 12 months

The investigators will compare the percentage of improvement in scintigraphy before and after procedure

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
security of G-POEM in gastroparesisup to 30 days after procedure

measured as the presence of complications during or after procedure

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI Hospital de Especialidades

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Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

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