In ERCP practice, most often a combined use of guidewires is necessary to attain a therapeutic aim. E.g. a hyperflexible hydrophilic guidewire is changed after cannulating a stricture to a nitinol wire for improved stability with the use of therapeutic devices. A new guide-wire (G240) combines these characteristics with a stable shaft and a hydrophilic tip. The investigators test the hypothesis that the use of this new guidewire would decrease number of guidewires used within one ERCP session.
This is a randomized, monocentric study.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
222
Use of a guidewire at ERCP for cannulating a stenosis of the biliary tract and for applying a therapeutic device (stent, dilation catheter, others)
Department of Internal Medicine I
Frankfurt, Germany
Number of guidewires per ERCP session
Time frame: Within the same ERCP session (day 1)
Treatment aim
Comparison of number of patients in whom the treatment aim could be achieved in both study groups
Time frame: day 1
Time of ERCP session
Comparison of time needed for the ERCP session in both study groups.
Time frame: day 1
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