# HELO Trial: Energy-Based Therapies vs. Conventional Hemorrhoidectomy for Grade III Hemorrhoids

> **NCT07333040** · NA · NOT_YET_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Chang Gung Memorial Hospital** · enrollment: 60 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Hemorrhoids Third Degree
- Internal Hemorrhoids
- Mixed Hemorrhoids

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Laser Hemorrhoidoplasty (LHP)
- **PROCEDURE:** Hemorrhoid Energy Therapy (HET)
- **PROCEDURE:** Ferguson Hemorrhoidectomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07333040
- **Lead sponsor:** Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2026-03-01
- **Primary completion:** 2027-05-01
- **Final completion:** 2028-03-01
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-12

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07333040

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07333040, "HELO Trial: Energy-Based Therapies vs. Conventional Hemorrhoidectomy for Grade III Hemorrhoids". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT07333040. Licensed CC0.

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