# Gastrostomy Tube Placed After Gastropexy Versus Gastrostomy Tube Placed Using the Traditional Push/Pull Techniques

> **NCT01463540** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS** · enrollment: 206 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Gastrostomy, Methods

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** A 20 Fr gastrostomy tube, placed using push/pull techniques.
- **DEVICE:** A 20 Fr balloon type tube, placed after gastropexy.

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01463540
- **Lead sponsor:** Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2010-09
- **Primary completion:** 2013-10
- **Final completion:** 2014-05
- **Target enrollment:** 206 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01463540

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01463540, "Gastrostomy Tube Placed After Gastropexy Versus Gastrostomy Tube Placed Using the Traditional Push/Pull Techniques". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01463540. Licensed CC0.

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