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Zenker DiverticulumAE RegistryNCT04117100

Advanced Endo-therapeutic Procedure : Registry-based Observational Study

An observational study of Zenker Diverticulum and Polyp of Colon, run by Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) at 1 site in Canada.

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Trial summary

Advanced therapeutic endoscopy procedures are of increasing importance to provide minimal invasive treatment for GI diseases. The Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal as tertiary university center is dedicated to increase the availability of therapeutic endoscopy procedures for our population in Montreal and… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Polypectomy or myotomy
How many people
500 participants
Where
1 siteCanada
Study dates
13 Jun 2018to 31 Dec 2026
How long will I take part?
20 Years
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: All eligible participants presenting at the CHUM for an elective advanced therapeutic endoscopy (ESD, EMR, advanced polypectomy, POEM or Zenker treatment) will be approached for this research project.

Who may be able to join

  • Age >18 years
  • Presenting for an elective advanced therapeutic endoscopy (ESD, EMR, advanced polypectomy, POEM or Zenker treatment)
  • Signed informed consent form

Who cannot join

  • Patients that are not capable understanding the trial and patients without consent.
  • Patients with coagulopathy
  • Patient with poor general health defined as an American Society of Anesthesiologists class greater than three
  • Pregnancy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Canada1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montréal (CHUM)

    Montreal, Quebec

    Daniel von Renteln, MD, PhD, 514-890-8000 ext. 30655, daniel.von.renteln.med@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

    Samira Hanin, 514-890-8000 ext. 30916, samira.hanin.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

    Recruiting

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About this study

Advanced therapeutic endoscopy procedures are of increasing importance to provide minimal invasive treatment for GI diseases. The Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal as tertiary university center is dedicated to increase the availability of therapeutic endoscopy procedures for our population in Montreal and Quebec. Advanced endotherapeutic endoscopy can replace surgery for treatment of benign and malign GI diseases and the aim of this registry-based study is to improve quality related to advanced endotherapeutic endoscopy, as it will provide quantitative means to assess advanced endotherapeutic practice and may identify practices of low quality (possible intervention) or high quality (desired).

Read the detailed description

Advanced therapeutic endoscopy procedures included for this registry-based study are endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), Endoscopic mucosal dissection (ESD), Assessment of Polypectomy quality for colorectal adenomas/polyps, Radio frequency Ablation (RFA) and Argon Plasma Ablation (APC), and Per Oral endoscopic Myotomy (POEM). All patients who present for an advanced endotherapeutic endoscopy (ESD, EMR, deep resection, POEM or Zenker treatment) may be included into the registry. Data will be collected prospectively. Data will be recorded on case report forms (CRF), which will then be transferred to an electronic data base (= registry), located on a protected drive.

Being tested
Polypectomy or myotomy
Medical subject headings
Zenker Diverticulum, Colonic Polyps, Colonic Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Polypectomy or myotomyProcedure or surgery

    Advanced therapeutic endoscopy can replace surgery for treatment of benign and malign GI diseases and the aim of this registry-based study to improve quality related to advanced therapeutic endoscopy because the trial will provides a quantitative method to assess advanced therapeutic practise at the CHUM and may identify practices of low quality (possible intervention) or high quality (desired). Advanced therapeutic endoscopy procedures included for this registry-based study are EMR, ESD, Assessment of polypectomy quality for colorectal adenomas/polyps, Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) and Argon Plasma Ablation (APC), and Per Oral endoscopic Myotomy (POEM).

Study groups in NCT04117100
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR)It has become the standard treatment for superficial tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, either flat or sessile: precancerous lesions and superficial cancers with no or low ganglionic risk. The pre-injection of physiological serum detaches the lesion from the deep plane and allows, with great security, the resection of the mucosa, muscularis mucosae with part of the submucosa, whatever the size and location of the lesion. Compared to other techniques, it allows a histological analysis which dictates the subsequent conduct and the possible need for a complementary surgery.
Receives: Procedure: Polypectomy or myotomy
Endoscopic mucosal dissection (ESD)This technique uses submucosal injection and special knives to make a peri-lesional circumferential incision, followed by dissection through the submucosal sub-lesion.
Receives: Procedure: Polypectomy or myotomy
Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) and Argon Plasma Ablation (APC)This is a mucosal thermo-destruction technique. It uses a generator that delivers a sinusoidal current of high frequency to a probe covered with bipolar electrodes in tight network ensuring a uniform diffusion of the thermal effect. The tissue penetration is superficial on 1mm, intended to eradicate the epithelium up to the muscularis mucosae. Circumferential or focal probes are used as a function of the length of the segment to be treated.
Receives: Procedure: Polypectomy or myotomy
Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)This technique allows a myotomy on the 8 cm of the lower esophagus extended on the gastric side of the cardia, totally endoscopically, after having approached and tunneled the esophageal submucosa. Less invasive, it gradually replaces the pneumatic dilatation and surgical myotomy of Heller. It requires a general anesthesia, an expert operator and a trained nursing team, ESD instruments, carbone dioxide insufflation.
Receives: Procedure: Polypectomy or myotomy

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Assess the incidence of overall severe complications following the procedure

    Aggregate of all severe adverse events that occur at the time of the procedure (immediate complications) or during 14 days of follow-up. Severe adverse events include bleeding, perforation, and clinical events that require an admission to the hospital.

    Measured: 14 days

  2. Assess the rate of completeness of neoplastic tissue resection

    Assessment of the complete adenoma/Barretts/dysplastic tissue removal, defined as removal of all visible neoplastic tissue at the end of the EMR as assessed by the endoscopist.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  3. Severe bleeding complications

    Immediate or delayed: severe bleeding is defined as the need for hospitalization, transfusion, a repeat endoscopy, surgery, or interventional radiology. An immediate complication is defined as an event at the time of resection or immediately following the endoscopy (before patient has left the endoscopy unit/during immediate post-colonoscopy care). A delayed complication is defined as a bleeding event that occurred after the patient has left the endoscopy unit and within 14 days following the procedure.

    Measured: 14 days

  4. Assess the presence of perforation at resection site

    Assessment of the presence of a complete hole, or full-thickness resection of the muscularis propria

    Measured: 6-18 months

  5. Assess the number of patients with post-polypectomy syndrome

    As defined as abdominal pain severe enough to warrant an ER visit or hospital admission and presence of leukocytosis and/or required treatment with antibiotics.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  6. Assess the efficacy of submucosal injectate

    Assessment of the solution volume per lesion size (ml/cm2), time of resection.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  7. Assess the number of patients with intraprocedural bleeding

    Assessment of immediate bleeding that requires endoscopic intervention to stop the bleeding (e.g. clip placement or snare tip soft coagulation or coagulation grasper).

    Measured: 6-18 months

  8. Assess the number of patients with the need for surgical resection

    Assessment of patients that require surgery for removal of precancerous or cancerous lesions or as result of complications related to the EMR/ESD or endoscopy intervention or for follow-up procedures.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  9. Technical skill of the endoscopist

    Video based assessment of endoscopic resection skills

    Measured: 6-18 months

  10. En-bloc resection rate

    The number of cases with complete removal of the targeted lesion in a single piece without fragmentation (ensuring the entire specimen can be assessed for histopathological margins and integrity) out of all the cases.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  11. R0 resection rate

    The number of cases with a resection with histologically confirmed negative margins (indicating no residual tumor cells at the resection site, both lateral and deep margins are free of neoplastic involvement) out of all cases.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  12. Local recurrence rate

    The rate of reappearance of biopsy-confirmed neoplastic tissue at the original resection site during surveillance endoscopies or detection of cancer in the same area on imaging after the initial curative treatment.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  13. Distant metastasis rate

    The rate of development of cancerous spread to distant organs or sites beyond the original tumor location after initial curative treatment.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  14. Lymph node involvement rate

    The rate of detection of cancerous infiltration in regional or distant lymph nodes, identified through imaging, biopsy, or surgical pathology, after initial curative treatment.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  15. Disease progression

    Worsening of the disease, as evidenced by local recurrence, distant metastasis, lymph node involvement, or the appearance of new lesions, after the initial curative treatment.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  16. Progression-free survival (PFS)

    The time from the date of initial treatment to the earliest occurrence of disease progression (local recurrence, distant metastasis, lymph node involvement, or new lesion development) or death from any cause, whichever occurs first.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  17. Cancer-related mortality

    Death directly attributable to the primary cancer or its complications, as determined by clinical assessment, autopsy, or death records.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  18. All-cause mortality

    Death from any cause, including cancer-related and unrelated causes, during the study period or follow-up after initial curative treatment.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  19. Time to recurrence

    The interval between the date of initial curative treatment and the detection of local recurrence or distant metastasis.

    Measured: 6-18 months

  20. Quality of life (QoL) score

    Patient-reported or clinician-assessed outcomes measuring physical, emotional, and social well-being, as well as symptom burden, during or after treatment. The EQ-5D-5L score will be used, which is a health status measurement that ranges from -0.59 to 1, where 1 indicates excellent health status.

    Measured: 6-18 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted7 Oct 2019
  2. Study start13 Jun 2018
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2025
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2026 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
500 participants (estimated)
Target duration
20 Years
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04117100
Sponsor's protocol ID
2018-7692/17.319
Acronym
AE Registry
Status last verified
Apr 2026
First submitted
22 Jul 2019
Last updated
11 Aug 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Zenker Diverticulum and Polyp of Colon, run by Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) at 1 site in Canada.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Aug 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Daniel von Renteln, MD, PhD (514-890-8000, daniel.von.renteln.med@ssss.gouv.qc.ca), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Assess the incidence of overall severe complications following the procedure (time frame: 14 days). The study lists 20 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Aug 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 30 Oct 2026.

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