Prospective Multicenter Evaluation of a New Short-access-cholangioscope for Biliary Duct Strictures and Gall Stones

NCT ID: NCT01683240

Last Updated: 2016-05-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

59 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-02-28

Study Completion Date

2016-02-29

Brief Summary

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Karl Storz GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) company developed a cholangioscopic device, which is designed to give a better flexibility to the cholangioscopy tip in order to enable optimal diagnostic and therapeutic precondition. Other than the conventional mother-baby technique, the insertion of the cholangioscope (baby part) is done by a port at the side of a specially developed duodenoscope (mother part) which is prepositioned distally to the control unit, near to the patient's mouth. Better manoeuverability of the device tip will lead to both a better accuracy in taking biopsies as well as a better flexibility in lithotripsy manoeuvres. This study is designed to test the efficiency of the device in relation to this assumption.

Detailed Description

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Cholangioscopy is a subsidiary treatment in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP), used for special issues. In the context of ERCP, a long,thin shaped device is introduced through the working channel of a duodenoscope and then through the papilla into the biliary duct.

Inspection of the biliary duct can be used for tumor biopsies as well as for gall stone lithotripsy by laser or electrohydraulic technique.

Manoeuverability of cholangioscopes is limited by the length of the scope, even more, since most of the device body is stuck in the working channel.

The newly designed cholangioscope by the company of Karl Storz GmbH is introduced through a shortened working channel. Introduction of the cholangioscope is done by an innovative side port for the cholangioscope at 70 cm from the insertion tube's distal end. This leads to a better flexibility of the device tip. Better manoeuverability of the device tip will lead to both a better accuracy in taking biopsies as well as a better flexibility in lithotripsy manoeuvres.

This study is designed to test the efficiency of the device in relation to this assumption.

Conditions

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Choledocholithiasis Common Bile Duct Neoplasms Cholestasis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Frimberger cholangioscope

Patients with need for cholangioscopy due to gallstones or histological evaluation of strictures

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

cholangioscopy (Frimberger)

Intervention Type DEVICE

cholangioscopy with Frimberger duodenoscope system by the company of Karl Storz GmbH

Interventions

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cholangioscopy (Frimberger)

cholangioscopy with Frimberger duodenoscope system by the company of Karl Storz GmbH

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Choledocholithiasis, not treatable through conventional ERCP with sphincterotomy.
* Stricture of the biliary duct in need of histopathological investigation

Exclusion Criteria

* Aggravated or impossible access to papilla
* Inappropriate biliary anatomy, e.g. multiple strictures or diameter of duct \< cholangioscope impairing intubation
* Primary sclerosing cholangitis
* Coagulopathy (quick \< 50%, thrombocytes \< 50/nl)and anticoagulant medication
* Bad patient's condition (ASA IV)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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KARL STORZ GmbH & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Thomas Rösch, Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Locations

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Charité Universitätsmedizin, Virchow Klinikum

Berlin, , Germany

Site Status

University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

Hamburg, , Germany

Site Status

Asklepios Klinik Hamburg Barmbek

Hamburg, , Germany

Site Status

Israelitisches Krankenhaus

Hamburg, , Germany

Site Status

Asklepios Klinik Hamburg Altona

Hamburg, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Pomerantz BJ. Biliary tract interventions. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 Jun;12(2):162-70. doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2009.08.009.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19853234 (View on PubMed)

Tsuyuguchi T, Fukuda Y, Saisho H. Peroral cholangioscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of biliary diseases. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2006;13(2):94-9. doi: 10.1007/s00534-005-1064-2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16547668 (View on PubMed)

Ross AS, Kozarek RA. Cholangioscopy: where are we now? Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2009 May;25(3):245-51. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e328329236c.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19381085 (View on PubMed)

Darcy M, Picus D. Cholangioscopy. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Jun;11(2):133-42. doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2008.07.007.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18922458 (View on PubMed)

Small AJ, Baron TH. Novel endoscopic approaches for assessing biliary tract diseases. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2008 May;24(3):357-62. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3282fad830.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18408465 (View on PubMed)

Fukuda Y, Tsuyuguchi T, Sakai Y, Tsuchiya S, Saisyo H. Diagnostic utility of peroral cholangioscopy for various bile-duct lesions. Gastrointest Endosc. 2005 Sep;62(3):374-82. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.04.032.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16111955 (View on PubMed)

Kim HJ, Kim MH, Lee SK, Yoo KS, Seo DW, Min YI. Tumor vessel: a valuable cholangioscopic clue of malignant biliary stricture. Gastrointest Endosc. 2000 Nov;52(5):635-8. doi: 10.1067/mge.2000.108969.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11060188 (View on PubMed)

Nimura Y, Kamiya J, Hayakawa N, Shionoya S. Cholangioscopic differentiation of biliary strictures and polyps. Endoscopy. 1989 Dec;21 Suppl 1:351-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1012989.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 2606085 (View on PubMed)

Seo DW, Lee SK, Yoo KS, Kang GH, Kim MH, Suh DJ, Min YI. Cholangioscopic findings in bile duct tumors. Gastrointest Endosc. 2000 Nov;52(5):630-4. doi: 10.1067/mge.2000.108667.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11060187 (View on PubMed)

Tamada K, Ueno N, Tomiyama T, Oohashi A, Wada S, Nishizono T, Tano S, Aizawa T, Ido K, Kimura K. Characterization of biliary strictures using intraductal ultrasonography: comparison with percutaneous cholangioscopic biopsy. Gastrointest Endosc. 1998 May;47(5):341-9. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5107(98)70216-0.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9609424 (View on PubMed)

Itoi T, Sofuni A, Itokawa F, Tsuchiya T, Kurihara T, Ishii K, Tsuji S, Moriyasu F, Gotoda T. Peroral cholangioscopic diagnosis of biliary-tract diseases by using narrow-band imaging (with videos). Gastrointest Endosc. 2007 Oct;66(4):730-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.02.056.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17905015 (View on PubMed)

Hoffman A, Kiesslich R, Bittinger F, Galle PR, Neurath MF. Methylene blue-aided cholangioscopy in patients with biliary strictures: feasibility and outcome analysis. Endoscopy. 2008 Jul;40(7):563-71. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-995688. Epub 2008 Apr 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18404601 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PV 3526

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Short Access Cholangioscope

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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