Endoscopic Biliary Drainage in Malignant High Grade Biliary Stricture

Prince of Songkla University10 enrolled

Overview

Biliary drainage is the mainstay of the palliative treatment in patients with inoperable malignant bile duct stricture. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the cornerstone of biliary drainage method in these patients. However, ERCP is sometime unsuccessful to perform because of the presence of the high grade biliary stricture, tumor invasion of duodenum and ampulla of vater and surgically altered gastrointestinal anatomy. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided biliary drainage has been emerged as an alternative procedure to traditional surgical bypass and percutaneous trans hepatic biliary drainage after failed ERCP. There were few data to directly compare between ERCP and EUS guided biliary drainage and in patients with malignant high grade biliary stricture.

The aim of this study is comparing the efficacy and complications between ERCP and EUS guided biliary drainage in patients with malignant high grade biliary stricture. Malignant high grade biliary stricture has not been well defined. The investigators define this malignant high grade biliary stricture using these arbitrary number include total bilirubin ≥ 15 mg/dl and or bile duct diameter ≥12 mm. based on the investigation's experience. The study will be divided patients with inoperable malignant high grade biliary stricture into 2 groups, group (A) will be undergone ERCP with biliary stenting and group (B) will be undergone EUS guided biliary drainage. If the assigned intervention is not successful, then patients will be crossed-over to the another intervention.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Interventions

ERCP with biliary stentingPROCEDURE

ERCP with biliary stent is performed using a side view duodenoscope of Olympus (TJF-160). Biliary cannulation is performed using a sphincterotome and 0.035 inch jag wire, and cholangiogarm is done to assess common bile duct diameter, and length of biliary stricture. Biliary sphincterotomy is then performed. A straight biliary stent is placed across stricture bile duct.

EUS guided biliary drainagePROCEDURE

EUS guided biliary drainage is performed using a linear echoendoscope of Olympus (GFUCT240). Extrahepatic bile duct was identified from duodenal bulb, then 19 G needle is inserted into bile duct with confirmed with cholangiogram. The fistula tract is dilated using a 6 Fr cystotome (Wilson Cook Medical). A double pigtail stent is placed across biliary-enteric fistula.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: I) Patients aged \> 18 years. II) Clinical, laboratory data, imaging and or histology suggestive of malignant distal bile duct strictures that occurs as a result of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, ampullary carcinoma, duodenal carcinoma, gallbladder cancer and metastasis malignant bile duct obstruction III) Inoperability by tumor staging, medically unfit or patient wishes 1. distant metastasis 2. major vascular involvement (unreconstructible Superior mesenteric vein/Portal vein, superior mesenteric artery, common hepatic artery and celiac artery) 3. metastasis to lymphnode beyond the field or surgery IV) Jaundice, total bilirubin ≥15 mg/dl and/ or Common bile duct diameter ≥12 mm Exclusion Criteria: I) pregnancy II) uncorrectable coagulopathy ( international normalized ratio ≥ 1.5 ) III) thrombocytopenia (platelet count \< 50,000 ) IV) extremely poor general condition, ERCP with stent insertion impossible for ethical reasons V) an extension of stricture to the main biliary confluent (hilum) or the existence of obstructive duodenal invasion VI) active suppurative cholangitis VI) surgically altered anatomy (i.e. Billroth II or Roux-en-Y reconstruction ) VII ) previous treatment with bile duct stent.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Technical success rate

The number of patients with success of placement of stent in the desired. location

Time frame: 24 hours

Secondary Outcomes

Clinical success rates

The number of patients with total bilirubin drop more than 30 % compare with baseline after successful biliary stent placement.

Time frame: 2 weeks

Total procedure time

The time interval between the intubation of the scope until the placement of the stent

Time frame: 24 hours

The complication rates

The number of patients who developed complications related procedure included pancreatitis, bleeding, perforation, cholangitis as defined and graded according to the consensus guideline.

Time frame: 4 weeks

The mortality rates

The number of patients with death related to the procedure.

Time frame: 1 weeks

Stent patency

The time interval between biliary stent insertion and the need for unscheduled re-interventions.

Time frame: 12 weeks