Study to Establish Whether the Use of T-Tube in Bile Duct Anastomosis in Liver Transplantation Decreases Morbidity

NCT ID: NCT01546064

Last Updated: 2012-03-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-05-31

Study Completion Date

2011-07-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence and severity of biliary complications due to liver transplantation after choledochocholedochostomy with or without a T-tube. A per-protocol analysis was designed for recipients of orthotopic liver transplantation in a single center, who were randomly assigned to choledochocholedochostomy with or without a T-tube. It is a prospective and randomized study.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Evidence of Liver Transplantation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Bile duct anastomosis with T-tube

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Choledocho-choledochostomy with T-tube

Intervention Type DEVICE

In the anastomosis between the common bile duct of the graft and the common bile duct of the recipient, a tutorial T-tube is inserted in the bile duct lumen and will be removed from the patient on third month postoperatively.

Bile duct anastomosis without T-tube

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Choledocho-choledochostomy without T-tube

Intervention Type DEVICE

The termino-terminal anastomosis between common bile duct of the graft and common bile duct of the recipient is performed without any T-tube.

Interventions

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Choledocho-choledochostomy with T-tube

In the anastomosis between the common bile duct of the graft and the common bile duct of the recipient, a tutorial T-tube is inserted in the bile duct lumen and will be removed from the patient on third month postoperatively.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Choledocho-choledochostomy without T-tube

The termino-terminal anastomosis between common bile duct of the graft and common bile duct of the recipient is performed without any T-tube.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Recipients of a deceased full-size liver graft
* Aged \> 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

* Age \< 18 years
* Retransplantation
* Primary sclerosing cholangitis
* Fulminant hepatic failure
* Technical need for a hepaticojejunostomy
* Splitted graft
* Reduced-size graft
* More than one organ transplantation
* Living donation
* Finding of a large difference (twice the size) in common bile duct diameters between the graft and the recipient
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

67 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hospital Universitario La Fe

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Rafael Lopez Andujar

Head of Unit

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Rafael López-Andújar, Head of Unit

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

La Fe University and Politechnic Hospital

Locations

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La Fe University and Politechnic Hospital

Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Other Identifiers

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ESTUDIOKEHR

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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