# POEM Trial: Multi-center Study Comparing Endoscopic Pneumodilation and Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)

> **NCT01793922** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **KU Leuven** · enrollment: 132 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Achalasia

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** PD
- **PROCEDURE:** POEM

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01793922
- **Lead sponsor:** KU Leuven
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-10
- **Primary completion:** 2021-06-21
- **Final completion:** 2022-02-18
- **Target enrollment:** 132 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-23


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01793922

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01793922, "POEM Trial: Multi-center Study Comparing Endoscopic Pneumodilation and Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01793922. Licensed CC0.

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