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Clinical trialNCT03387982CompletedObservational

Balloon Cryotherapy vs. Radiofrequency Ablation Pain Study

SponsorGeisinger ClinicEnrollment95Barrett Esophagus
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Summary

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Barrett's esophagus is a condition in which the normal lining of the lower esophagus is replaced with cells that predispose an individual to development of esophageal cancer. Treatment of Barrett's esophagus reduces the risk of progression to cancer. Treatment is provided endoscopically, via a variety of approved techniques including endoscopic mucosal resection, argon plasma coagulation, radiofrequency ablation (RFA), spray cryotherapy ablation and balloon cryotherapy ablation. A common side effect of ablation treatment is pain, thus making pain an important factor when discussing treatment options. It is speculated that balloon cryotherapy causes less pain than RFA but no head-to-head comparison trials exist to date. This multi-center, prospective cohort study aims to compare pre- and post-procedural pain for balloon cryotherapy versus RFA. Providing both patients and clinicians with data from a well-designed prospective study may help guide future physician/patient treatment discussions.
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Investigators

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Sites

4 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center

    Queens, New York, United States

  • Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, South Carolina, United States

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    Richmond, Virginia, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study — it may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
1 Nov 2017
Primary completion
16 Feb 2021
Completion
16 Feb 2021
Last update posted
18 Mar 2022
Registered enrollment
95
Registry id
NCT03387982
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 30 Jul 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.