Comparison between transpapillary and suprapapillary metal stent
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Neoplasms
- Registration Number
- KCT0005624
- Lead Sponsor
- The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 156
Inclusion Criteria
• patients with common bile duct obstruction due to malignancy
Exclusion Criteria
• intrahepatic or perihilar bile duct obstruction (except Klatskin type I)
• patients who have operability or want surgery
• strictures located within 2 cm from the end of distal common bile duct
• patients who are not able to undergo endoscopy due to cardiovascular or
pulmonary diseases
• patients whose informed consents are not received
• patients in whom an endoscope can not access to the ampulla due to
anatomical deformity by previous surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method stent patency or jaundice-free survival
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method in-stent stenosis or tumor overgrowth;stone or sludge occurrence;overall survival;acute cholangitis occurrence;stent migration rate