Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Dr Rakesh Kalapala, Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist & Therapeutic Endoscopist, Head of GI Motility Lab, Director of Endoscopy at the Center for Obesity & Metabolic Therapy, Member of the International Bariatric and Metabolic Endoscopy Committee, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Hyderabad, India on the paper 'Endoscopic full-thickness plication for the treatment of PPI-dependent GERD: results from a randomised, sham controlled trial' which is published in paper copy in Gut in April 2022, and is available here: https://gut.bmj.com/content/71/4/686