Cricopharyngeal myotomy for Laryngopharyngeal Reflux

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By David Lott, MD

Research Sponsored by Mayo Clinic

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up up to 5 years

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if people with reflux with a Zenker's diverticulum have increased reflux into the throat following a cricopharyngeal myotomy.

Eligible Conditions

Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
Zenker Diverticulum

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ up to 5 years

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~up to 5 years

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 5 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Post cricopharyngeal myotomyExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

Subjects scheduled to undergo an endoscopic criocopharyngeal myotomy, which is the standard treatment for a Zenker's diverticulum, will have levels of laryngopharyngeal reflux measured after the procedure.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

PH probe Testing

2013

N/A

~10

Cricopharyngeal myotomy

2013

N/A

~10