The efficacy and safety of per-nasal "GTS partner" assisted traction technique for gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection: a prospective single-center randomized clinical trial.

Background: Since the snare traction-assisted ESD has been proven effective in treating flat lesions of the digestive tract, we modified and innovated the process and path of the traditional snare entering the digestive tract, aiming to investigate the efficacy and safety of using the per-nasal "GTS partner" assisted traction technology in gastric ESD.
Methods: Patients with superficial gastric neoplasms were prospectively enrolled between November 2022 and May 2024 and randomly assigned to a conventional ESD (C-ESD) group or per-nasal "GTS partner" traction-assisted ESD (GTS-ESD) group. The primary outcomes were procedure time and dissection speed.
Results: The GTS-ESD and C-ESD groups included 40 patients each, and all the enrolled patients underwent the assigned treatment. The median procedure time in the GTS-ESD group was shorter than that in the C-ESD group (38 min vs. 48 min; P < 0.001), and the mean resection speed of the GTS-ESD group was faster than that of the C-ESD group (17.95 mm ² /min vs. 11.86 mm ² /min; P = 0.033). The median resection speed of lesions ≥ 20 mm was faster by GTS-ESD than by C-ESD (21.21 mm ² /min vs. 12.83 mm ² /min, P = 0.002). The en bloc resection rate (100% vs 100%) and R0 resection rate (100% vs. 97.5%) were similar between the two groups. There were no adverse events related to the per-nasal "GTS partner" assisted traction technology, and the traction technology had little interference with the endoscopist.
Conclusions: The per-nasal "GTS partner" assisted traction technique can significantly shorten the gastric ESD procedure time and has the advantages of no damage to normal mucosa and adjustable traction direction, especially in the lower 1/3 of the stomach or lesions with a diameter of ≥ 20 mm.
Competing Interests: Declarations. Disclosures: Yu-Zhen Bi, Li-Min Zhou, Si-Jia Yan, Yan Sun and Jun Zhang have no conflict of interest or financial ties to disclose.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)