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Comparing the Effects of EST and EPBD in Patients With Acute Biliary Pancreatitis

Taiwan39 participantsStarted 2016-01

Plain-language summary

This study compares the effect of endoscopic sphincterotomy and endoscopic papillary balloon dilation in the treatment of acute biliary pancreatitis.Participants with acute biliary pancreatitis will be randomized into either the endoscopic sphincterotomy or endoscopic papillary balloon dilation groups.Moreover, the investigators compare the results obtained from the traditional bile/blood culture and metagenomics.

Who can participate

Age range20 Years – 100 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. abdominal pain typical of pancreatitis;
✓. elevation of serum amylase and/or lipase up to three times above normal;
✓. imaging studies (abdominal ultrasound or abdominal computed tomography) showed evidence of pancreatitis
✓. common bile duct stones, acute cholangitis (Charcot's triad), total bilirubin (total bilirubin)\> 4mg / dL, bile duct dilatation (diameter\> 6mm with intact gallbladder, or\> 10mm when the gallbladder has been removed) plus total bilirubin 1.8 \~ 4mg / dL;
✓. exclude other causes of acute pancreatitis.

What they're measuring

Complete removal of common bile duct stones

Timeframe: one year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02668081

SponsorKaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-12

Contact for this trial

Hoi Hung Chan, MD, PhD

+886-7-342-2121 hoihungchan@gmail.com

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