Status:

COMPLETED

Endoscopic Versus Percutaneous Biliary Drainage for Resectable Pancreatic Head Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Hani Alhadad

Conditions:

Pancreatic Head Cancer

Obstructive Jaundice

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Patients with potentially resectable pancreatic head cancer and high bilirubin level, were stratified into two equal groups according to the method of biliary drainage: endoscopic stenting or percutan...

Detailed Description

Along with history taking and complete clinical examination, the results of complete blood count, international normalized ratio , renal and liver function tests were obtained. Patients with coagulopa...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with malignant obstruction of the distal common bile duct e.g. adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head or periampullary tumor
  • Hyperbilirubinemia, total bilirubin level more than 10 mg/dL
  • Cholangitis, pruritis, coagulopathy, nausea and anorexia

Exclusion

  • Patients with advanced disease
  • metastatic disease
  • Patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04823832

Start Date

January 1 2019

End Date

December 31 2020

Last Update

April 1 2021

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Faculty of Medicine

Alexandria, Egypt