GI Dynamics Inc. announced the first patient in the United States (U.S.) STEP-1 clinical trial has been enrolled at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Medicine is one of five clinical study sites for the STEP-1 trial; the site is led by principal investigator Allison R. Schulman M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of gastroenterology and internal medicine. The STEP-1 trial is the randomized (3 EndoBarrier: 1 Control) controlled, double-blinded pivotal trial of EndoBarrier in the U.S. The trial is designed to measure the efficacy and safety of EndoBarrier in conjunction with lifestyle therapy and diabetes medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. This is the first of 67 patients whom The company expects to be enrolled into Stage 1 of the STEP-1 trial. Regardless of what treatment arm the patient is randomized into, all patients will receive identical diabetes medication monitoring and counseling throughout the 24-month study period. Results from the STEP-1 trial will support the company’s pre-market approval application for EndoBarrier to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The STEP-1 trial’s lead principal investigator is Christopher C. Thompson M.D., M.H.E.S. of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. The five clinical trial sites include Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Michigan Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University and Surgical Specialists of Louisiana. The company anticipates full enrollment of the 67 patients by the end of 2020.