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CompletedNCT04284826Updated Feb 28, 2020

Mitomycin-C Injection Therapy in Refractory Esophageal Stricture

An interventional study of Endoscopic injection of Mitomycin-C on bougie-dilated refractory benign esophageal stricture in Esophageal Stricture, sponsored by Ajou University School of Medicine. Completed at 1 site in Korea, Republic of. Open to participants aged 29 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-02-28.

Sponsored by Ajou University School of Medicine · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 6 years 4 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Oct 2013, registered Feb 2020).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
16
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
29 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Intralesional Mitomycin-C (MMC) injection has recently been introduced to resolve refractory benign esophageal stricture mostly in children. The investigators aimed to evaluate the clinical efficacy of endoscopic postdilation intralesional injection of MMC in adults with refractory benign esophageal stricture.

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The participnts who have refractory benign esophageal stricture even after five or more sessions of bougination are prospectively enrolled. A submucosal needle injection of 4mL of a MMC preparation (0.5mg/mL) is endoscopically done with a 0.5mL of eight each injection mainly into the tearing esophageal wall, after esophageal bougie dilation is done upto 14mm in diameter. And then, repeated bouginations combined with MMC injection are done with the interval of eight weeks upto 3 times, if dysphagia symptoms recurr with dysphagis score 3 or more. Initial and overall clinical success rates are evaluated with drug and procedure-related complication rates during the follow-up period of at least 1 year.

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Conditions studied

  • Esophageal Stricture

Keywords

  • Esophageal Stricture
  • mitomycin C
  • endoscopy
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In context

Esophageal Stenosis

50 studies on the registry are indexed under Esophageal Stenosis; 11 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 16 is below the median of 24 across 41 interventional studies indexed under Esophageal Stenosis.

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Lead sponsor

Ajou University School of Medicine is the lead sponsor of 171 studies on the registry; 16 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
29 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • aged more than 29 year and less than 75 year
  • refractory benign esophageal stricture who had the symptoms of dysphagia score suggested by Mellow et al greater than 3 (0: able to eat a normal diet, 1: able to eat some solid food, 2: able to eat some semi-solids only, 3: able to swallow liquids only, 4: complete dysphagia)

Exclusion Criteria: Patients who have at least one of following conditions were excluded from our study

  • malignant esophageal stricture
  • multiple sites of esophageal stricture
  • pregnant or breast feeding status
  • clinical deterioration not tolerated to endoscopic procedures
  • esophageal motility disorders
  • esophageal leakage or fistula
  • hypersensitivity to mitomycin C
  • bleeding tendency due to thrombocytopenia or clotting disorders
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
16 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    mitomycin C injection group

    A submucosal needle injection of 4mL of a MMC preparation (0.5mg/mL) into the tearing esophageal wall after esophageal bougie dilation on refractory benign esophageal stricture

    Procedure: Endoscopic injection of Mitomycin-C on bougie-dilated refractory benign esophageal stricture

Interventions

  • ProcedureEndoscopic injection of Mitomycin-C on bougie-dilated refractory benign esophageal stricture
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Initial clinical success of mitomycin C injection therapy

    the improvement of dysphagia score more than one point after a single mitomycin C injection therapy during overall follow up period

    Time frame: 12 months after mitomycin C injection

  2. Overall clinical success of mitomycin C injection therapy

    The improvement of dysphagia score more than one point after once or even after over twice mitomycin C injection therapy during follow up period

    Time frame: 12 months after mitomycin C injection

Secondary outcomes

  1. Technical success of mitomycin C injection therapy

    The successful performance of endoscopic mitomycin C injection into the submucosal layer at eight points of dilated stricture circumference after endoscopic dilation therapy

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

  2. complications

    endoscopic procedure-related adverse events

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Ajou University Hospital
    Suwon, 443-721, Korea, Republic of
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 28, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04284826
Lead sponsor
Ajou University School of Medicine
Responsible party
Jin Hong Kim (Professor, Ajou University School of Medicine) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 26, 2020
Start date
Oct 1, 2013
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2018
Completion
Aug 31, 2018
Last update
Feb 28, 2020

Study contacts

Jin Hong Kim
principal investigator · Department of Gastroenterology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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