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Esophageal Achalasia: early-phase trial registry
2 of 3 indexed Esophageal Achalasia trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.
Corpus placement: #5,209 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
3 US clinical trials · 2 currently recruiting · #5,209 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Esophageal Achalasia: 3 US clinical trials tracked, 2 recruiting.
Esophageal Achalasia is the subject of 3 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 2 of them currently open to new participants. 0 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 1 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is L. Michael Brunt, running 1 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition esophageal-achalasia
OPEN 2 | RECR 67% | LATE 0 | EARLY 1 | RANK #5209 | SPON 1
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure (67% recruiting · 6 trials)
Esophageal Achalasia lists 2 open slots (67% of 3 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 Esophageal Achalasia 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.
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Esophageal Achalasia is recruiting above its size-band peers.
2 of 3 indexed trials (66.7%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.
Open and recent trials
3 total, page 1 of 1
Esophageal Cancer Risk Registry
University of Pittsburgh
NCT00260585
Effectiveness of Methods for Pyloric Drainage in esophagecTomY: Botox vs. Pyloromyotomy
The Cleveland Clinic
NCT06721520
Laparoscopic Dor Versus Toupet Fundoplication for the Treatment of Idiopathic Esophageal Achalasia
L. Michael Brunt
NCT00490750
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 2 | 1 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Esophageal Achalasia records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Esophageal Achalasia trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.
Related
What to do with this Esophageal Achalasia page
3 registered trials, 2 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 2 Esophageal Achalasia trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- L. Michael Brunt sponsors the most Esophageal Achalasia trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See L. Michael Brunt's trials
- Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide
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 Esophageal Achalasia condition card totals 3 registered trials; most-linked intervention Toupet fundoplication; top US site state Pennsylvania. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.