NCT01002404

The Use of Guide Wire in Biliary Cannulation: Angled or Straight Tipped Guide Wire?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 164 (actual)
• Sponsor: Turku University Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to prospectively evaluate the deep biliary cannulation in ERCP with the angled tipped guide wire or the straight tipped guide wire.

Detailed description

Patients coming to ERCP examination are being divided randomly to two different groups. The deep biliary cannulation is started with predetermined guide wire. If the cannulation does not succeed in two minutes, the procedure is continued as normal.

Conditions

• Deep Biliary Cannulation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	angled and straight tipped guide wire	Angled or straight tipped guide wire is used in the beginning of deep biliary cannulation in ERCP . If there is no success, other normal procedures (e.g. double wire cannulation and precut) are performed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2010-10-01
• Completion: 2010-10-01
• First posted: 2009-10-27
• Last updated: 2011-10-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland