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Safety and Efficacy of Mechanical Versus Electrocautery Dilator for EUS-guided Biliary Drainage: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Led by National Taiwan University Hospital · Updated on 2026-01-13
64
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
N/A
Total Duration
On this page
Sponsors
N
National Taiwan University Hospital
Lead Sponsor
N
National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is to investigate the likelihood of post-dilation bleeding using mechanical or electrocautery dilation. We hypothesized that the risk of bleeding is lower in the mechanical group.
CONDITIONS
Brief Title
Safety and Efficacy of Mechanical Versus Electrocautery Dilator for EUS-guided Biliary Drainage (MED-BD)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Failed ERCP
- The papilla is inaccessible owing to a surgically altered anatomy or gastric outlet obstruction
- Contraindications for PTCD such as ascites and possibility of self-tube removal
You will not qualify if you...
- Patients younger than 18 years old
- Cancer infiltration of the gastric/duodenal wall within the planned puncture route
- Patients with uncorrectable coagulopathy
- Patients with unmanageable ascites
- Patients with serious comorbidities that prohibited endoscopic management
- Patients with pregnancy
- Patients who cannot or refuse to provide informed consent
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
Y
Yu-Ting Kuo
H
Hung-Yao Lin
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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