Prospective Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of Endoscopic Tissue Apposition



Status:Recruiting
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 89
Updated:8/12/2018
Start Date:December 12, 2016
End Date:December 16, 2022
Contact:Abigail Lowe
Email:ABIGAIL.LOWE@UCDENVER.EDU
Phone:303-724-6070

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This study is a prospective registry of patients undergoing endoscopic suturing and/or clip
placement at our institution to assess the efficacy and safety of endoscopic tissue
apposition.

1.1 Hypothesis: Endoscopic tissue apposition is efficacious and safe in the practice of
gastrointestinal endoscopy.

1.2 Aims: To prospectively evaluate the efficacy and safety of Endoscopic Tissue Apposition
in the practice of gastrointestinal endoscopy.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients>18 years of age undergoing endoscopy for any of the following indications:

Indications for Tissue Apposition:

- Closure of perforations

- Closure of full thickness defects created during endoscopic full thickness resection

- Closure of defects after endoscopic submucosal dissection and endoscopic mucosal
resection

- Closure of mucosotomy after Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)

- Stent fixation

- Closure of fistulas

- Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery defect closures

- Post-bariatric surgery gastrojejunal anastomosis and gastric pouch revision (transoral
outlet repair)

- Primary endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients unable or unwilling to provide consent

- Pregnant patients

- Coagulation disorders (INR >1.8, platelet <50,000)

- GI Bleeding

- Hemodynamic instability

- Enrollment in another device or drug study that may confound the results
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12605 East 16th Avenue
Aurora, Colorado 80045
720-848-0000
Principal Investigator: Mihir Wagh, MD
Phone: 303-724-6070
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