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Assessment of trans-intestinal cholesterol excretion in patients with total biliary obstruction (TICE-PTC)

Conditions
total biliary obstruction
10018008
10013317
Registration Number
NL-OMON34484
Lead Sponsor
Academisch Medisch Centrum
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
5
Inclusion Criteria

Males and females, aged 18-70 years with a total biliary obstruction and successful placement of a biliary percutaneous transhepatic cholangiographic (PTC) drain.

Exclusion Criteria

Main exclusion criteria are: unsuccessful ERCP procedure as the medical indication for PTC-drainage; use of cholesterol-lowering medication; genetic hyperlipoproteinemia: familial hypercholesterolemia, LPL-deficiency, familial dysbeta-lipoproteinemia, familial hypertriglyceridemia; BMI > 30 kg/m2; diabetes mellitus type I and type II; having received an investigational drug in the last 3 months before the screening visit; unable or unwilling to comply with the protocol requirements or deemed by the investigator to be unfit for the study; likely to leave the study before its completion.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Total faecal 13C-cholesterol recovery during four days after a single<br /><br>intravenous dose of 13C-cholesterol. </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Biliary 13C-cholesterol recovery during four days after a single intravenous<br /><br>dose of 13C-cholesterol.</p><br>
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