Fig. 5.

Study population divided into three groups depending on the degree of cure from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) based on the long-term clinical effectiveness of EsophyX-TIF. Cured: patients demonstrated clinically significant alleviation of their symptoms and discontinued their usage of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy. Improved: patients required only occasional PPI therapy and had reduced heartburn. Ongoing GERD: patients showed no alleviation of their symptoms and required daily usage of PPIs. Among the cured patients, 24% were “completely cured” of GERD based on total elimination of heartburn and regurgitation, completely healed esophagitis, reduced hiatal hernia, and normalized or significantly reduced esophageal acid exposure