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A Quality of Life Study in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Biliary Drainage

United States118 participantsStarted 2018-09-11

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the participant's health-related quality of life before and after the biliary drainage procedure. The study will also help us learn whether having a drainage catheter or a stent placed during the procedure makes a difference in the participant's quality of life.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with known malignancy presenting for treatment of biliary obstruction * Undergoing initial Interventional Radiology PBD procedure * Fluent in English to enable instrument completion * At least18 years of age * Must be physically and mentally capable of completing instruments * Must be able to comprehend and execute informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients will be excluded if: * Indication for drainage is acute, symptomatic cholangitis requiring an emergent procedure * Previous PBD procedure * Presence of an indwelling biliary stent * Medical or psychiatric condition that, in the judgment of the consenting professional, prevents appropriate comprehension and execution of either the informed consent or the study instruments

What they're measuring

change in the FACT-Hep scores

Timeframe: baseline to week 4 post-procedure

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03672019

SponsorMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2026-09

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