Table 3.

Ongoing clinical trials.

Topic	ID	Study design	Estimated date of completion
POEM vs. BTI in spastic esophageal disorders	NCT02663206	RCT	Jul 2020
Multicenter study comparing endoscopic pneumodilation and POEM	NCT01793922	RCT	Jan 2023
Endoscopic versus laparoscopic myotomy for the treatment of idiopathic achalasia: a randomized, controlled trial (POEM rcpmt)	NCT0160678	RCT	Dec 2018

POEM: peroral endoscopic myotomy; RCT: randomized controlled trial; BTI: botulinum toxin injection; LHM: laparoscopic Heller myotomy.