Common bile duct stone cholangitis is a potentially fatal condition, characterized by an obstruction and bacterial infection of biliary system. The principles of management are appropriate biliary drainage and systemic antibiotics. There has been limited data about appropriate time of antibiotics in patient with successful endoscopic drainage.
The aim is comparing the efficacy and safety between short duration and standard fourteen days antibiotic treatment in patients with acute common bile duct stone (CBDS) cholangitis after successful endoscopic biliary drainage as regards recurrence rate of acute cholangitis, complete stone clearance rate, morbidity and mortality associated acute cholangitis, and complications related ERCP procedure. The study will be divided patients with acute CBDS cholangitis with complete stone clearance into 2 groups, group (A) will be received intravenous antibiotic until the temperature is less than 37.8 c for 72 hours and group (B) will be received intravenous antibiotic for 7 days, followed by oral antibiotic for 7 days, regardless of the body temperature.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
36
Patient will received intravenous antibiotic until the body temperature is less than 37.8 c fir 72, then antibiotic is discontinued.
Patient will received intravenous antibiotic for 7 days, followed by oral antibiotic for 7 days, regardless of the body temperature.
NKC Institue of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Prince of Songkla University
Hat Yai, Changwat Songkhla, Thailand
The recurrence rate of cholangitis
The number of patients who has recurrence of fever after complete treatment without other sources identified
Time frame: 8 weeks
The rate of adequacy of drainage
The number of patient with cholangiography at the end of the procedure showed no fill defect in the bile duct.
Time frame: 24 hours
Complication rate
The number of patients who developed complications related procedure included pancreatitis, bleeding, perforation, cholangitis as defined and graded according to the consensus guideline and sedation related complications.
Time frame: 4 weeks
Mortality rate
The number of patient with death
Time frame: 4 weeks
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