WithdrawnNot Applicable

Comparison Between Unilateral Versus Bilateral Stenting for Malignant Hilar Biliary Obstruction to Use a LCD Stent

Stopped: no enrollment

0Started 2013-05

Plain-language summary

Internal biliary drainage is an useful method for a control of jaundice and cholangitis to patients who had a malignant hilar obstruction due to hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, gall bladder cancer or metastatic lymphadenopathy. Bilateral biliary drainage is more physiologic but technically difficult to compared with unilateral biliary drainage specially related to conformability and flexibility between using stents. There are no prospective clinical trials compared with these internal biliary drainage methods in hilar malignant obstruction using metal stent. Therefore, the investigators want to compare the clinical outcome of two method: Unilateral biliary stent and Bilateral biliary stent

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age\> 18 * diagnosis of malignancy in pathology or cytology * jaundice(Total bilirubin)\> 2.0 mg/dL * Diagnosed malignant hilar invasion to CT or other image finding Exclusion Criteria: * bleeding tendency(INR\>1.5) * Pregnancy * severe liver,kidney disease

What they're measuring

Stent patency

Timeframe: up to 1year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01875549

SponsorKwang Hyuck Lee

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2015-05

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