Safety Signal for the Simple Double Ablation Regimen When Using the Barrx 360 Express Radiofrequency Ablation Balloon Catheter

As principal investigators of an ongoing randomized study evaluating different ablation regimens for the Barrx 360 express RFA balloon catheter (360 Express; GI solutions Covidien/Medtronic, Sunnyvale, CA), we feel the responsibility to communicate our interim finding of an unexpected high rate of severe esophageal stenosis when using the 360 Express with a simplified 2 × 10 J/cm2 no clean ablation regimen.

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