Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:17 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 3:17 AM
NCT ID:
NCT02018705
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with symptomatic achalasia and pre-op barium swallow, manometry and oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy which have been consistent with the diagnosis
* Age \> 18 years with medical indication for interventional achalasia treatment
* Availability of Eckardt score at baseline and 12 months after initial treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with previous surgery of the stomach or esophagus
* Patients with known coagulopathy
* Previous surgical achalasia treatment
* Patients with liver cirrhosis and/or esophageal varices
* Active esophagitis
* Eosinophilic esophagitis
* Barrett's esophagus
* Stricture of the esophagus
* Malignant or premalignant esophageal lesion
* Severe Candida esophagitis
* Hiatal hernia \> 1cm
* Extensive, tortuous dilatation (\>7cm luminal diameter, S shape) of the esophagus
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02018705
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02018705