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Efficacy of Prophylactic Epinephrine Solution Injection in Prevention of Delayed Post-sphincterotomy
Led by Wen-Hsin Huang · Updated on 2024-10-24
400
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
489 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
Bleeding is the most frequently reported serious complication of endoscopic sphincterotomy, and severe bleeding has occurred in about 1% to 2% of patients. Endoscopic injection of epinephrine is the most commonly used, effective, and least expensive method for the management of post- sphincterotomy bleeding. However, the efficacy of prophylactic saline-epinephrine solution injection to prevent delayed EST bleeding when transient bleeding During ERCP has not been established.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Efficacy of Prophylactic Epinephrine Solution Injection in Prevention of Delayed Post-sphincterotomy
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 20 years or older.
- Ability to give informed consent.
- A naive major papilla.
- Transient bleeding after endoscopic sphincterotomy.
- Bleeding lasting less than 30 seconds at the end of the procedure.
You will not qualify if you...
- Prior endoscopic sphincterotomy.
- Thrombocytopenia (platelets less than 50,000/mm3).
- Liver cirrhosis (Child A-C).
- Chronic kidney disease stage 4-5 and dialysis.
- Allergy to epinephrine.
- Prolonged PT/APTT (INR greater than 1.5).
- Recent use or planned use of antithrombotic or antiplatelet agents within one month after EST.
- Ampulla Vater tumor.
- Active gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Pregnancy.
- Limited visibility due to immediate bleeding after sphincterotomy.
- Bleeding lasting more than 30 seconds at the end of the procedure.
- Recurrent bleeding during ERCP.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
China Medical University Hospital
Taichung, North Dist., Taiwan, 404332
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
S
Shih-Chieh Chuang, MD
CONTACT
W
Wen-Hsin Huang, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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