Performance of a novel ball-tipped Flush knife for endoscopic submucosal dissection

Performance of a novel ball-tipped Flush knife for endoscopic submucosal dissection - Performance of Flush knife BT for ESD

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000003037

Enrollment

Registered

2010-01-14

Start date

2008-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Early gastrointestinal neoplasms

Interventions

Standard Flush knife group New ball-tipped Flush knife (Flush knife-BT) group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Intramucosal or slightly-invaded submucosal gastrointestinal neoplasms were considered eligible

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients with ulcer scars or previously treated lesions were excluded, as were those with severe organ failure, or who had undergone anticoagulant/antiplatelet therapy.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Efficacy of procedural hemostasis, defined as the number of intraoperative bleeding points and the number of points necessitating the use of hemostatic forceps.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Procedure time, procedure speed, en bloc resection rate, en bloc R0 resection rate, perforation rate and postoperative bleeding rate	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactTakashi Toyonaga

Kobe University Hospital Department of Endoscopy

toyonaga@med.kobe-u.ac.jp078-382-6305

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026