NCT03530527

Endoscopic Biliary Drainage in Malignant High Grade Biliary Stricture

Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Versus Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Biliary Drainage in Inoperable Malignant Distal Bile Duct Obstruction

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Prince of Songkla University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Biliary drainage is the mainstay of the palliative treatment in patients with inoperable malignant bile duct stricture. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the cornerstone of biliary drainage method in these patients. However, ERCP is sometime unsuccessful to perform because of the presence of the high grade biliary stricture, tumor invasion of duodenum and ampulla of vater and surgically altered gastrointestinal anatomy. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided biliary drainage has been emerged as an alternative procedure to traditional surgical bypass and percutaneous trans hepatic biliary drainage after failed ERCP. There were few data to directly compare between ERCP and EUS guided biliary drainage and in patients with malignant high grade biliary stricture.

Detailed description

The aim of this study is comparing the efficacy and complications between ERCP and EUS guided biliary drainage in patients with malignant high grade biliary stricture. Malignant high grade biliary stricture has not been well defined. The investigators define this malignant high grade biliary stricture using these arbitrary number include total bilirubin ≥ 15 mg/dl and or bile duct diameter ≥12 mm. based on the investigation's experience. The study will be divided patients with inoperable malignant high grade biliary stricture into 2 groups, group (A) will be undergone ERCP with biliary stenting and group (B) will be undergone EUS guided biliary drainage. If the assigned intervention is not successful, then patients will be crossed-over to the another intervention.

Conditions

• Malignant Biliary Stricture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	ERCP with biliary stenting	ERCP with biliary stent is performed using a side view duodenoscope of Olympus (TJF-160). Biliary cannulation is performed using a sphincterotome and 0.035 inch jag wire, and cholangiogarm is done to assess common bile duct diameter, and length of biliary stricture. Biliary sphincterotomy is then performed. A straight biliary stent is placed across stricture bile duct.
PROCEDURE	EUS guided biliary drainage	EUS guided biliary drainage is performed using a linear echoendoscope of Olympus (GFUCT240). Extrahepatic bile duct was identified from duodenal bulb, then 19 G needle is inserted into bile duct with confirmed with cholangiogram. The fistula tract is dilated using a 6 Fr cystotome (Wilson Cook Medical). A double pigtail stent is placed across biliary-enteric fistula.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-08-20
• Primary completion: 2018-11-28
• Completion: 2019-12-15
• First posted: 2018-05-21
• Last updated: 2021-04-01

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Thailand