Prospective Registry for Trans-Orifice Endoscopic Suturing Applications

To determine patient outcomes (survival, morbidity including hospitalization, additional re-interventions with radiologic, endoscopic or surgical procedures) with endoscopic suturing at predetermined intervals from the last endoscopic suturing procedure or at failure of the endoscopic suturing with conversion to another intervention such as surgery and compared to historical controls when applicable.

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of endoscopic suturing therapy in preventative fixation of stents and bariatric revision.

To collect data on the common use endoscopic suturing therapy in other indications.

This prospective clinical study is a real-world registry and not a randomized controlled trial. Given the conditions commonly treated with endoscopic suturing and the potential lack of equivalent expertise in open, laparoscopic, and trans-oral surgical procedures at all centers, randomization of participants is not possible nor ethical. In addition, there are clinical scenarios where endoscopic therapy with surgical sutures, tissue sealants, and/or endoprosthetics may be appropriate and open and laparoscopic surgical approaches inappropriate from an ethical viewpoint. Given the multitude of currently available minimally invasive approaches to repair, it would be unethical to expose and randomize patients who are suitable for more minimally invasive approaches to a more invasive and inherently more morbid approach.

This outcomes study is external to the subject receiving the medical device treatment. Subjects will receive the medical device treatment regardless of study participation and the surgery is not part of this research. Subjects will be consented prior to their procedure, to obtain basic follow-up information. If the subject provides informed consent to participate in the registry, then site staff will follow the participant's clinical data for the period of the registry. Site staff may also contact the subject(s) during their standard clinic visit or via the telephone and obtain information on: overall health, specific events related to any subsequent surgical, endoscopic, or radiologic interventions, and hospitalizations.