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Barrett Esophagus: early-phase trial registry

18 of 33 indexed Barrett Esophagus trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #463 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

33 US clinical trials · 18 currently recruiting · #463 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Barrett Esophagus: 33 US clinical trials tracked, 18 recruiting.

Barrett Esophagus is the subject of 33 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 18 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 3 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is University of Colorado, Denver, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition barrett-esophagus

OPEN 18 | RECR 55% | LATE 0 | EARLY 3 | RANK #463 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Advanced Ovarian Carcinoma (55% recruiting · 11 trials)

Barrett Esophagus (this)55%Clinical Stage IV Cutaneous 45.5%Child Development39.4%Fabry Disease27.3%Anatomic Stage IIB Breast Ca24.2%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Barrett Esophagus

Barrett Esophagus lists 18 open slots (55% of 33 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Barrett Esophagus on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Barrett Esophagus is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    18 of 33 indexed trials (54.5%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Barrett Esophagus trials is spread across many organizations.

    University of Colorado, Denver accounts for 3 of 33 trials (9.1%). 23 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Barrett Esophagus enrolment sits around 275 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 275 among the 33 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 11 of those (33.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Barrett Esophagus splits between interventional and observational designs.

    20 interventional and 13 observational studies make up this index (60.6% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 11Phase 22

Open and recent trials

33 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 90,000 participants

Clinical Utility of WATS3D: A 5-Year Prospective Study

CDx Diagnostics

NCT04312633

RECRUITING 5,000 participants

InAdvance: Surveillance, Prevention, and Interception in a Population at Risk for Cancer

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT05463796

RECRUITING 2,500 participants

EsophaCap for the Detection of Early Esophageal Carcinoma

Johns Hopkins University

NCT04214119

RECRUITING NA 2,298 participants

Seattle Biopsy Protocol Versus Wide-Area Transepithelial Sampling in Patients With Barrett's Esophagus Undergoing Surveillance

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT05530343

RECRUITING NA 1,550 participants

Minimally Invasive Molecular Approaches for the Diagnosis of Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Mayo Clinic

NCT03961945

RECRUITING 1,000 participants

Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD)

AdventHealth

NCT05468008

RECRUITING NA 800 participants

Multi-Site Detection of Barrett's Esophagus in Patients Without Chronic GERD Symptoms

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT06687603

RECRUITING 700 participants

Non-Endoscopic Detection of Barrett's Esophagus Using Methylation Biomarkers on EndoSign® Cell Collection Device Samples

Cyted Health

NCT06803927

RECRUITING NA 680 participants

Surveillance vs. Endoscopic Therapy for Barrett's Esophagus With Low-grade Dysplasia

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT05753748

RECRUITING 556 participants

Patient Preferences for Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer Screening Tests

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT06693622

RECRUITING NA 400 participants

Nonendoscopic Screening for Barrett's Esophagus in Veterans Without Chronic Reflux

Louis Stokes VA Medical Center

NCT06746623

RECRUITING NA 400 participants

Assessment of a Minimally Invasive Collection Device for Molecular Analysis of Esophageal Samples

Mayo Clinic

NCT06071845

RECRUITING 275 participants

Longitudinal Oral Microbiome Sampling for BE

Columbia University

NCT05133102

RECRUITING NA 200 participants

Wide-Area Transepithelial Sampling in Endoscopic Eradication Therapy for Barrett's Esophagus

Northwestern University

NCT05056051

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Obeticholic Acid for Prevention in Barrett's Esophagus

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04939051

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Pilot Study for OCT Guided In Vivo Laser Capture Microdissection for Assessing the Prognosis of Barrett's Esophagus

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT03830801

RECRUITING 25 participants

Barrett's Esophagitis in Anorexia Nervosa Binge/Purge Subtype

Denver Health and Hospital Authority

NCT06532734

RECRUITING 10 participants

Impact of RFA on Esophageal Distensibility and Mucosal Impedance

Mayo Clinic

NCT07126535

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 600 participants

Novel Biomarkers in the Neoplastic Progression of Barrett's Esophagus

Johns Hopkins University

NCT00431756

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 500 participants

Coordinating Center: Natural History of Barrett's Esophagus Using Tethered Capsule Endomicroscopy

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT03459339

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 150 participants

Multi-center Clinical Study to Evaluate the C2 CryoBalloon Focal Ablation System

Pentax Medical

NCT02514525

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 100 participants

Natural History of Barrett's Esophagus Using Tethered Capsule Endomicroscopy

Massachusetts General Hospital

NCT02994693

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 70 participants

Nitrous Oxide For Endoscopic Ablation of Refractory Barrett's Esophagus (NO FEAR-BE)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

NCT03554356

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 43 participants

GCC Agonist Signal in the Small Intestine

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT05107219

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 21 participants

Aspirin in Preventing Disease Recurrence in Patients With Barrett Esophagus After Successful Elimination by Radiofrequency Ablation

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02521285

COMPLETED NA 5,521 participants

HALO Patient Registry: Ablation of Barrett's Esophagus

Medtronic - MITG

NCT00848237

COMPLETED 275 participants

trūFreeze® Spray Cryotherapy Patient Registry

US Endoscopy Group

NCT01802203

COMPLETED NA 102 participants

Micro-Layer Ablation of Barrett's Metaplasia- A Two-Phase, Multi-Center Trial - Extension of Follow-up to 5 Years

Covidien, GI Solutions

NCT00489268

COMPLETED NA 100 participants

An Evaluation of the Utility of the ExSpiron Respiratory Variation Monitor During Upper GI Endoscopy

Donald Mathews

NCT02310230

COMPLETED 54 participants

The Microbiome, Bile Acids, and Notch in Barrett's Esophagus (BE)

Columbia University

NCT05524844

COMPLETED NA 53 participants

OCT Pilot in Esophagus

Duke University

NCT03434834

COMPLETED NA 37 participants

a/LCI-OCT Pilot in Esophagus

Duke University

NCT04392167

COMPLETED NA 11 participants

Swallowable Sponge Cell Sampling Device and Next Generation Sequencing in Detecting Esophageal Cancer in Patients With Low or High Grade Dysplasia, Barrett Esophagus, or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

NCT02890979

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 1
Phase 2 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Barrett Esophagus records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Procedure
2 trials
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Other
2 trials
Biospecimen Collection Procedure
2 trials
Swallowable Sponge Cell Sampling Device Device
1 trials
esophageal biopsy Procedure
1 trials
a/LCI-OCT imaging probe Device
1 trials
Dietary questionnaire Other
1 trials
Endoscopy results Other
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Barrett Esophagus trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

New York 12 trials
North Carolina 10 trials
Minnesota 9 trials
Florida 8 trials
Colorado 8 trials
California 8 trials
Pennsylvania 7 trials
Ohio 7 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Barrett Esophagus page

33 registered trials, 18 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Barrett Esophagus condition card totals 33 registered trials; most-linked intervention Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; top US site state New York. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.