Want to regrow a new esophagus?
Learn how you could potentially benefit from this research
Want to regrow a new esophagus?
Learn how you could potentially benefit from this research
About BSTG-CEI-101 Clinical Trials
Benefits of Participation
- Ability to avoid a more complex and difficult surgical procedure
- Ability to have a newly formed esophagus based on the patient’s own cells
- Ability for the patient to avoid long-term complications of the standard of care procedure such as narrowing and difficulty eating
- May offer an organ-sparing solution and restoration of the esophagus with improved function such as swallowing, etc.
Potential side effects
- Complications in common with all surgical esophageal resection procedures including anastomotic dehiscence, rupture of the implant, mediastinal sepsis, and abscess requiring drainage.
- Known and reported risks of endoscopic procedures such as imaging and removal of scaffold and esophageal stent, placement, and removal of a second esophageal stent.
- Time to re-establishment of oral nutrition.
- Leakage from interior of lumen to surrounding tissue. Migration of scaffold, esophageal stent, or both.
- Anastomotic leak and fistula.
Current standard of care
Current standard of care, after the minimally invasive procedures fail, is to pursue a gastric pull-up or intestinal interposition. Despite some degree of efficacy, potential long-term effects of such standard surgical approaches include impaired swallowing function, dumping syndrome, strictures, and need to change diet.