Status:

COMPLETED

ERCP in Super-aged Patients Considering Difficult Cannulation: Challenges and Adverse Events

Lead Sponsor:

The Second Hospital of Nanjing Medical University

Conditions:

Post-ERCP Acute Pancreatitis

Cholangitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

16-94 years

Brief Summary

Today 11 percent of China's population is over the age of 65, and according to United Nations, it will take China just 20 years for the proportion of the elderly population to double to 25%. As life e...

Detailed Description

AIM: To evaluate the incidence, causes, and management of difficult biliary cannulation during ERCP in elderly patients and its role as a risk factor for adverse events. METHODS: A total of 614 patie...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients who underwent ERCP between July 2016 and January 2018.

Exclusion

  • We excluded the patients who underwent ERCP for the objectives of follow up, stent removing or taking a biopsy.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2016

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

614 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03771547

Start Date

July 1 2016

End Date

March 1 2018

Last Update

December 11 2018

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Medical Center for Digestive Diseases, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210011