EUS Prior to ERCP in the Positive Setting of Positive Intraoperative Cholangiogram (IOC) During Cholecystectomy

NCT ID: NCT01525355

Last Updated: 2017-11-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 34 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-06-07

Brief Summary

Performing an EUS prior to ERCP in the setting of a positive intraoperative cholangiogram will identify and risk stratify patients for the presence of CBD stones and strictures.

Detailed Description

During routine cholecystectomy, surgeons will often perform an intraoperative cholangiogram in an effort to define anatomical landmarks and ensure patency and drainage of the common bile duct. This involves injecting a radiopaque contrast medium into the biliary tree during the operation. Occasionally contrast injection onto the common bile duct will reveal an abnormality and are deemed a "positive intraoperative cholangiogram" (positive IOC). These abnormalities can include the following: single or multiple stones; non-filling of the duodenum by contrast; stenosis or narrowing of the common bile duct (CBD). When discovered these findings are better addressed and treated endoscopically via endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). ERCP's are considered the gold standard for the diagnosis and treatment of positive intraoperative cholangiograms. However, several studies have shown that 40-50% of patients who undergo an ERCP after a "positive" IOC have a normal cholangiogram. Reasons for this include spontaneous stone passage of the stone, dysmotility of the biliary tree, or poor quality, incomplete, or misinterpretation of the IOC. Therefore ERCP's are being performed when they could be avoided. ERCP performance carries significant complications including pancreatitis (5-10%), bleeding, and perforation. Ideally if a safer test to assess the bile duct could be performed immediately prior to the ERCP to confirm the presence of the positive IOC findings, this would ensure that the ERCP is being performed for therapeutic means thus avoiding unnecessary ERCP's.

EUS is often performed prior to ERCP's under the same sedation in our endoscopy unit. From 2005 to 2007, two hundred and twenty seven "combined EUS and ERCP procedure were performed.(unpublished internal data). Our experience with "combined" EUS and ERCP procedures has demonstrated that performing an EUS prior to an ERCP will prolong the total procedure time less than 10 minutes with no significant increase in adverse events. Performance of an EUS prior to ERCP to confirm biliary pathology after a "positive" IOC has never been studied in a rigorous fashion.

Conditions

Calculi; Stenosis of Bile Duct

Keywords

EUS; ERCP; Intraoperative cholangiogram; Cholecystectomy; Common Bile Duct Stones; Strictures; Stenosis; Duodenum; Dilated Bile duct; Non-filling of the duodenum by contrast

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

EUS prior to ERCP

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects must be able to review and sign informed consent
• Cholecystectomy must have been performed within one month of enrollment
• Positive intraoperative cholangiogram
• Stone
• Multiple Stones
• Stenosis
• "non filling" of duodenum
• Dilated bile duct

Exclusion Criteria

• Cannot give and sign informed consent

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 85 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

John A Evans, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wake Forest University Baptist Health

Locations

Wake Forest Baptist Health

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

IRB00013737

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id