Status:

UNKNOWN

Multibending vs Conventional Endoscope for Direct Peroral Cholangioscopy

Lead Sponsor:

Soonchunhyang University Hospital

Conditions:

Common Bile Duct Calculi

Biliary Tract Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of a newly developed multibending ultra-slim upper endoscope for the successful direct peroral cholangioscopy (POC) without assisting accessory in c...

Detailed Description

Direct POC using an ultra-slim upper endoscope permits various diagnostic and/or therapeutic intraductal interventions under direct endoscopic visualization in selected patients who has dilated distal...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pancreatobiliary diseases that are indicated for direct POC
  • The patient who aged from 20 to 80 years. Legally acceptable representative must be capable of giving written informed consent prior to participation in this study
  • The woman of child-bearing age must be negative from the pregnancy test in order to participate in this study
  • Dilated common bile duct (\> 8 mm)
  • Having previous sphincterotomy and/or papillary balloon dilation
  • The patients should not have any unacceptable conditions (e.g., physiological, familyish, social, geographical) for medical follow-up and adaptation of the study.

Exclusion

  • Contraindicated for ERCP
  • Patients with stricture on papillary orifice
  • Patients with periampullary malignancy
  • Bleeding tendency: International normalized ratio (INR) of prothrombin time \< 1.5 or platelet count \< 60,000/mm3
  • Patients with other serious disease or medical condition
  • Patients with past medical history of significant neurologic or Psychiatric disorders such as dementia or seizure
  • Unstable heart disease despite of treatment, recent myocardial infarction within 6 month (Even though MI was diagnosed within 6 months, if it becomes stable presently, the patient can be possible to participate).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

110 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02189421

Start Date

April 1 2014

End Date

February 1 2016

Last Update

November 3 2015

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Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital

Bucheon-si, South Korea, 420-767