Metabolic Changes After Achalasia Treatment and Weight Gain
Studies metabolic health and weight gain in adults after treatment for achalasia.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center
- Where
- Jerusalem and Tsrifin, IsraelSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Metabolic Changes Associated With Weight Gain After Treatment of Achalasia
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 30 people, planned
- Started
- 15 Jan 2026
- Expected to end
- 1 Jan 2029
- Type of study
- Observational
- Record updated
- 13 January 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with proven achalasia who are having LHM or POEM treatment. It studies metabolic changes and weight gain after treatment.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Proven achalasia
- Earlier treatment
- Must be going to have LHM or POEM as treatment
Main reasons for not taking part
- Under age 18
- Does not consent
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Proven achalasia
- Undergoing LHM or POEM for treatment
Who cannot take part
- Under age 18
- Does no consent
Where in Israel
- Hadassah medical CenterJerusalem, IsraelContact: Sergei Vosko, MDNo longer taking part
- Shamir Medical CenterTsrifin, IsraelContact: Daniel Cohen, MDNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This goal of the study is to assess the effect of weight gain in patients with achalasia after they are treated. The main question to be answered is if weight gain after achalasia treatment is associated with worsening metabolic status. Patients will be compared between their baseline status at the time of treatment and 1 year after treatment. Participants will have metabolic tests performed at these 2 times including blood tests.
The group in the trial
- Achalasia patients
Patients with achalasia who undergoing treatment with either per oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) or laparoscopic Heller myotomy (LHM). Each participant's metabolic status will be evaluated at the time of treatment and one year later.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Metabolic Changes Associated With Weight Gain After Treatment of Achalasia
- Plain-language title
- Metabolic Changes After Achalasia Treatment and Weight GainGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 13 January 2026