Status:

TERMINATED

Biliary Interventions in Critically Ill Patients With Secondary Sclerosing Cholangitis (BISCIT)

Lead Sponsor:

Hannover Medical School

Collaborating Sponsors:

German Research Foundation

Conditions:

Secondary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a randomized, open-label, controlled, parallel group, multicenter clinical trial. Patients with confirmed secondary sclerosing cholangitis (SSC-CIP) will be randomized either in the interventi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients have to fulfill all of the following inclusion criteria to be eligible for participation in this study:
  • Men, women\*, inter/divers, age ≥18 and ≤ 80 years (conscious or unconscious patients may be included)
  • Signed written informed consent obtained by patient or legal representative in case of unconscious patient
  • Willingness to comply with treatment and follow-up procedures
  • Suspected SSC-CIP = episode of critical illness and intensive care unit treatment \> 3 days within last 12 months
  • SSC-CIP is confirmed by ERC, (if the first ERC is performed at baseline, the patient may be considered as screening failure if the diagnosis is not confirmed)
  • Elevation of bilirubin ≥ 2.5 upper limit of normal (ULN) at Screening
  • Elevation of alkaline phosphatase (AP) or gamma-glutamyl-transferase (GGT) \> 2.5 ULN or elevation of both at Screening
  • \*Women without childbearing potential defined as follows:
  • at least 6 weeks after surgical sterilization by bilateral tubal ligation or bilateral oophorectomy or
  • hysterectomy or uterine agenesis or
  • ≥ 50 years and in postmenopausal state \> 1 year or
  • \< 50 years and in postmenopausal state \> 1 year with serum Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) \> 40 IU/l and serum estrogen \< 30 ng/l or a negative estrogen test, both at screening or
  • \*Women of childbearing potential:
  • who are practicing sexual abstinence (periodic abstinence and withdrawal are not acceptable) or
  • who have sexual relationships with female partners only and/or with sterile male partners or
  • who are sexually active with fertile male partner, have a negative pregnancy test during screening and agree to use reliable methods of contraception (failure rate of \< 1% per year) from the time of screening until end of the clinical trial.

Exclusion

  • Patient is too unstable to undergo ERC
  • Inclusion in any other intervention trial within the last 30 days
  • Pregnancy or lactation period

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 14 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 14 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

1 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05396755

Start Date

November 14 2022

End Date

September 14 2023

Last Update

October 11 2023

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Hannover Medical School

Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, 30625