Metal and Plastic Biliary Stents to Drain Malignant Distal Biliary Strictures.

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS871 enrolled

Overview

Multicentric Italian registry aimed to evaluated the role and results of plastic and metal stents in the treatment of malignant distal biliary strictures

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

871

Conditions

Biliary Stricture Stent Stenosis

Interventions

Biliary stents insertionDEVICE

Endoscopic placement of plastic and metal biliary stents

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Malignant distal biliary stricture * Need for Palliative and pre-operative biliary drainage * Age \> 18 * Signature of the informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Previous endoscopic/radiological biliary drainage * Stricture close to the main hepatic confluence(\< 2 cm) * Duodenal stenosis * Post- surgical altered anatomy * Benign disease

Locations (1)

Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS

Roma, Italy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Evaluation of the potency of biliary stents (plastic and metal)

Time to occurrence of jaundice/cholangitis

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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