Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients greater than 18 years of age with gastroparesis refractory to standard medical therapy (lifestyle and diet modifications, prokinetics) or contraindication to standard therapies (e.g. allergies to prokinetic agents) * Patients with diabetic, idiopathic or post-surgical gastroparesis * Patients with confirmed diagnosis of gastroparesis via gastric emptying study (abnormal gastric emptying will be defined as ≥10 % residual activity at 4 h on a standardized nuclear medicine TC-99 m sulfur colloid solid-phase gastric emptying study) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with prior history of gastroenteric anastomosis or any GI surgeries with pyloric involvement * Patients with gastroesophageal malignancy * Patients who are unable to tolerate upper endoscopy secondary to cardiopulmonary instability or other contraindications to endoscopy * Patients with cirrhosis * Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding * Patients with uncorrectable coagulopathy defined by INR \>1.5 or platelets \<50