NCT00919074

Comparison of Double Wire Technique With Pancreatic Duct Stent Placement for Difficult Bile Duct Cannulation

Comparison of Double Wire Technique With Pancreatic Duct Stent Placement for Difficult Bile Duct Cannulation: a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 87 (actual)
• Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This research project will compare the use of the double wire technique with the placement of a pancreatic duct (PD) stent to achieve deep biliary cannulation without the use of a precut papillotomy. Currently, the data supporting either of these approaches is limited to the referenced case series. More data on the success and complication rates of these techniques are needed. The investigators believe either of these approaches would be preferred by less experienced endoscopists to precut papillotomy. Consequently, it is important to differentiate these techniques and identify which patients may benefit from one or both.

Conditions

• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
• Bile Duct Cannulation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Pancreatic duct stent	Placement of a pancreatic duct stent to facilitate bile duct cannulation
PROCEDURE	Pancreatic wire placement	Placement of a pancreatic wire to facilitate bile duct cannulation

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-09-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2009-06-12
• Last updated: 2014-12-09

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States