NCT05729867

Efficacy and Safety of a Fully Covered Self-Expandable Metal Stent for Unresectable HCC

Efficacy and Safety of a Fully Covered Self-Expandable Metal Stent for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Prospective Cohort Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The effectiveness and safety of fully covered metal stent in malignant biliary obstruction caused by HCC are still unknown. These would be clarified in this prospective cohort study.

Detailed description

In this study, endoscopic biliary drainage was performed using fully covered self-expancdable metal stent for malignant biliary obstruction caused by HCC. Main outcome is efficacy and safety of this procedure including clinical success rate, technical success rate, stent patency, stent dysfunction, and any adverse events during the follow-up period.

Conditions

• Malignant Biliary Obstruction
• Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Endoscpic biliary drainage using fully covered metal stent	After selective cannulation of the bile duct, cholangiography is obtained using contrast agent. A guide wire is passed through the stricture, and then fully-covered metal stent is inserted under fluoroscopy guidance during ERCP.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-04-27
• Primary completion: 2024-04-26
• Completion: 2025-04-26
• First posted: 2023-02-15
• Last updated: 2023-02-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea