Autopsy report · NCT02323009

Esophageal Balloon Guided Weaning of the Morbidly Obese Patient

“Minimal recruitment. very few patients available with eligibility criteria”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 3 years 11 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 2 years 10 months before it stopped.
• 25 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

East Carolina University

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Morbid Obesity

Interventions

Esophageal Balloon; Cstat

Participants

25

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.