PLASTIC STENTS VERSUS HEPARIN COATED PLASTIC STENTS FOR RELIEF OF MALIGNANT BILE-DUCT OBSTRUCTIO

Recruiting

• Conditions: 10004606; biliary obstruction; jaundice

• Registration Number: NL-OMON32735
• Lead Sponsor: Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 6 May 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

- Patients Age >= 18 years
- diagnosed with malignant bile duct obstruction
- referred for palliative stenting, or stent exchange
- after written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

candidate for surgical resection; clinical conditions that do not allow ERCP with sphincterotomy such as uncorrectable coagulopathies, pyloric or duodenal obstruction; stenosis extending into the left or right hepatic duct; periampullary lesions, within 2 cm from the papilla; patients with a history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified