Status:

COMPLETED

Covered Metallic Stents for First-Line Treatment of Benign Bile Duct Strictures

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of South Carolina

Collaborating Sponsors:

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Conditions:

Common Bile Duct Stricture

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The current standard of care for benign bile duct strictures involves placement of multiple plastic stents under endoscopic and fluoroscopic guidance to progressively dilate or stretch it open. This a...

Detailed Description

Randomization, as detailed below, is stratified by etiology of the stricture: chronic pancreatitis and postoperative (such as post-liver transplant).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Bismuth Type I benign bile duct stricture
  • Objective signs/symptoms related to the stricture

Exclusion

  • Suspected malignant etiology for the stricture
  • Prior endotherapy within one year of presentation,except in the following two scenarios: 1) Early (\< 30 days) stent placement following liver transplant; 2) in patients with chronic pancreatitis, single plastic stent placed during presenting ERCP while evaluating for malignancy
  • Bismuth Type II-IV stricture
  • Proximal common hepatic duct diameter \< 6 mm
  • Intact gallbladder, except in cases where a stent can be deployed \> 1cm below the cystic duct insertion
  • Age \< 18 years, pregnancy, incarceration, inability to provide informed consent
  • Karnofsky score ≤ 40
  • Inability to pass a guidewire proximal to the stricture
  • Stricture \> 8cm in length
  • Life expectancy \< 1 year
  • Concomitant nonanastomotic biliary strictures or biliary casts

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

112 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01221311

Start Date

January 1 2011

End Date

October 1 2016

Last Update

June 2 2017

Active Locations (8)

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University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

2

Indiana University

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202

3

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

4

Washington University in St. Louis

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63108