NCT02166320

Treatment of Malignant Strictures in Esophagus and Gastroesophageal Junction With Covered or Partially Covered Stent.

The Importance of Stent Design

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karolinska University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Self expandable stent (SEMS) constitutes the main palliative treatment in advanced esophageal cancer. The palliative effect of SEMS is immediate when it comes to relief of dysphagia. The duration of this effect is however questionable. The design of SEMS can be of importance since the device can dislodge and as a consequence of that dysphagia recur. The hypothesis has therefore been formulated that a partially covered SEMS is associated with less tendency to dislocate as compared to those SEMS, recently developed, which are covered through their entire length.

Conditions

• Esophageal Cancer
• Cancer of Gastro Esophageal Junction
• Palliative Treatment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Partially covered SEMS
DEVICE	Fully covered SEMS

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-01-01
• Completion: 2015-04-01
• First posted: 2014-06-18
• Last updated: 2017-01-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden