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Clinical Trials/NCT01851226
NCT01851226
Completed
Not Applicable

Effect of Different Length of Time for Trainees to Attempt Cannulation on Success Rate of Selective Cannulation During hands-on ERCP Training

Air Force Military Medical University, China1 site in 1 country256 target enrollmentMay 2013

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Disease as Reason for ERCP
Sponsor
Air Force Military Medical University, China
Enrollment
256
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Success rate of selective cannulation by trainee
Status
Completed
Last Updated
12 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is one of the most difficult techniques in the field of GI endoscopy. It is necessary for trainees to spend enough time and perform enough cases to grasp this technique. The methods of ERCP training include hands-on teaching, training on different kinds of simulators, training on ex-vivo or live anesthetized porcine stomach models, etc. Supervised hands-on teaching is the standard method for ERCP training.

Selective cannulation is considered the most difficult and challenging part of learning ERCP. There is not an optimal time for trainees to attempt cannulation during hands-on ERCP training. The time used for attempting cannulation by trainees was 5min or 10min in several centers. In ERCP center of the investigators hospital, 15min was used for trainees to attempt cannulation for about one year. The incidence of post-ERCP pancreatitis, the major complication related to cannulation, was 4.0%, which was comparable with previous studies.

The investigators hypothesized that a longer time (15min) for trainees to attempt cannulation would increase success rate of selective cannulation and help to improve skills more quickly. At the meantime, with actively verbal or hands-on assistance from the instructor during performance of trainees, the risk of complications would not increased with a longer time to attempt cannulation. Here a prospective, endoscopists-blinded, randomized, controlled study was designed to evaluate the effects of different periods of time for trainees to attempt selective cannulation on success rate of cannulation, self-satisfaction of performance and post-ERCP pancreatitis.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
May 2013
End Date
December 2013
Last Updated
12 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Air Force Military Medical University, China
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Yanglin Pan

Associated professor

Air Force Military Medical University, China

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 18-90 years old;
  • Without prior EST.

Exclusion Criteria

  • History of partial or total gastrectomy (Billroth I/II, Roux-en-Y);
  • Duodenal stricture (benign or malignant);
  • Ampullary carcinoma;
  • Previously failed selective cannulation;
  • Chronic pancreatitis with PD stone;
  • Minor papilla cannulation;
  • Papilla fistula;
  • Severe diseases of heart, lung, brain and kidney;
  • Hemodynamical unstability;
  • Pregnant women;

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Success rate of selective cannulation by trainee

Time Frame: up to one year

The rate of successful selective cannulation by trainee in one year.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Complication rate(up to one year)
  • Performance score of selective cannulation by trainees(up to one year)
  • Difficulty score of cannulation(up to one year)
  • Final success rate of cannulation(up to one year)
  • Total time of successful cannulation(up to one year)
  • Rate of Needle-knife precut sphincterotomy(up to one year)

Study Sites (1)

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