Clinical trialPhase 4Completed
Biliary Metal Stent Study: Metal Stents for Management of Distal Malignant Biliary Obstruction
Covered Versus Uncovered Metal Stents for Management of Distal Malignant Biliary Obstruction? Results of a Randomized Prospective Study.
- Outcome
- Finished, no results posted
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Start
- January 2006
- Expected end
- August 2010
- Enrollment
- 400 participants
- Sites
- 1
- Primary outcomes
- Clinical follow-up every month, starting one month after stent insertion. Clinical and/or laboratory signs of stent dysfunction?
- Sponsor
- Other
- Results posted
- No
- Last update
- 10 August 2011
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The primary purpose is to compare patency of two different types of biliary metal stents, i.e. covered versus uncovered Nitinella metal stent. Secondary purposes are to determine frequency of complications in the two groups, e.g. cholecystitis, pancreatitis, and cholangitis.