Primary EUS-GBD in Patients With Unresectable Malignant Biliary Obstruction and Cystic Duct Orifice Involvement.

NCT ID: NCT03729882

Last Updated: 2020-07-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

22 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-07-01

Study Completion Date

2020-07-27

Brief Summary

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to determine if primary prophylaxis with Endoscopic Ultrasound-Gallbladder Drainage (EUS-GBD) in unresectable cancer patients with the orifice of the cystic duct (OCD) involvement is superior to conservative management (Non EUS-guided gallbladder drainage).

Detailed Description

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Endoscopic biliary drainage with a self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) is an accepted form of palliative therapy for distal malignant biliary obstruction (MBO); it is a low invasive procedure with a long-term patency.

Covered SEMSs have a longer patency than uncovered SEMSs in patients with MBO, because covered SEMSs can prevent tumor ingrowth. However, complications of covered SEMSs include stent occlusion, migration, kinking, non-occlusion cholangitis, liver abscess, pancreatitis and cholecystitis.

Nonsurgical decompression of the gallbladder is urgently needs to prevent sepsis, perforation and death in patients with acute cholecystitis. Several risk factors of cholecystitis after SEMS placement for distal MBO have been reported: however, tumor involvement to the orifice of the cystic duct (OCD) is the major predictive factor for cholecystitis after endoscopic SEMSs placement for distal MBO palliative treatment .

Acute cholecystitis related to SEMSs deployment was evaluated in 2009, by using endoscopic trans-papillary gallbladder drainage (TPGBD) in 11 individuals in whom SEMSs covered the OCD. None episode of cholecystitis was reported, however TPGBD is a difficult technique with a high rate of stent dislodgement and reintervention needed.

EUS-GBD by using a lumen apposing metal stent have been proposed, but only for acute cholecystitis treatment or symptomatic gallbladder hydrops, never as a prophylactic technique.

The aim of this study if to determine if primary prophylaxis EUS-GBD in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction and the OCD involvement is superior than conservative management. Also, a cost-effectiveness analysis will be done in both arm groups.

This would be the first trial to study the effect of prophylactic EUS-GBD prior SEMSs deployment in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction.

Conditions

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Acute Cholecystitis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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EUS-guided gallbladder drainage

In one arm, Endoscopic Ultrasound-Gallbladder Drainage (EUS-GBD) will be performed by using a 3,8 mm therapeutic echoendoscope and a lumen apposing metal stent ( Hot AXIOS™ Stent and Electrocautery Enhanced Delivered System; Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, MA, USA) after conventional biliary drainage with self-expandable metallic stents during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).

All procedures will be performed under general anesthesia.

Group Type OTHER

EUS-guided gallbladder drainage

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

During ERCP evaluation a self-expandable metallic stent will be deployed in the common biliary duct of the patients enrolled in both arms of the present study. A prophylaxis gallbladder drainage will be done using a 3.8 mm working-channel linear-array therapeutic echoendoscope (EG3870UTK;Pentax, Hamburg, Germany) attached to an ultrasound console (Avius Hitachi, Tokyo, Japan) within a transgastric and/or transduodenal approaches to the gallbladder puncture followed by placement of a lumen apposing stent (LAMS) (AXIOS; Xlumena Inc, CA, USA) with a 10 mm luminal diameter and a dumbbell-shaped flanges to bring together the 2 walls in apposition. These feature of the Axios decrease the risk for bile leak, stent migration, and stent occlusion.

Non EUS-guided gallbladder drainage

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

During ERCP evaluation a self-expandable metallic stent will be deployed in the common biliary duct of the patients enrolled in both arms of the present study. If the patient had an acute cholecystitis will be sent to surgery and be considered as a Non EUS-guided gallbladder drainage

Non EUS-guided gallbladder drainage

In the other arm, patients will undergo conventional biliary drainage with self-expandable metallic stent placement during ERCP evaluation without prophylactic EUS-GBD and will be considered as a Non EUS-guided gallbladder drainage.

All procedures will be performed under general anesthesia.

Group Type OTHER

Non EUS-guided gallbladder drainage

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

During ERCP evaluation a self-expandable metallic stent will be deployed in the common biliary duct of the patients enrolled in both arms of the present study. If the patient had an acute cholecystitis will be sent to surgery and be considered as a Non EUS-guided gallbladder drainage

Interventions

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EUS-guided gallbladder drainage

During ERCP evaluation a self-expandable metallic stent will be deployed in the common biliary duct of the patients enrolled in both arms of the present study. A prophylaxis gallbladder drainage will be done using a 3.8 mm working-channel linear-array therapeutic echoendoscope (EG3870UTK;Pentax, Hamburg, Germany) attached to an ultrasound console (Avius Hitachi, Tokyo, Japan) within a transgastric and/or transduodenal approaches to the gallbladder puncture followed by placement of a lumen apposing stent (LAMS) (AXIOS; Xlumena Inc, CA, USA) with a 10 mm luminal diameter and a dumbbell-shaped flanges to bring together the 2 walls in apposition. These feature of the Axios decrease the risk for bile leak, stent migration, and stent occlusion.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Non EUS-guided gallbladder drainage

During ERCP evaluation a self-expandable metallic stent will be deployed in the common biliary duct of the patients enrolled in both arms of the present study. If the patient had an acute cholecystitis will be sent to surgery and be considered as a Non EUS-guided gallbladder drainage

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Above 18 years old.
* Obtained written consent for procedures
* Unresectable malignant biliary obstruction diagnosed by Endoscopic Ultrasound and confirmed by confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) during cholangioscopy and histopathology.
* Tumor involvement to the orifice of the cystic duct.
* Self-expandable metallic plastic stent deployment as palliative therapy for distal biliary obstruction.

Exclusion Criteria

* Under 18 years old.
* Refuse to sign written informed consent.
* Pregnancy
* Previous cholecystectomy
* Acute cholecystitis prior enrollment
* Severe ascites that increases the distance between gastric or duodenal and gallbladder walls.
* Large vessel between the gallbladder and gastric-duodenal wall.
* Coagulopathy
* Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
* Previous gallbladder drainage by percutaneous or endoscopic techniques.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Carlos Robles-Medranda

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas

Locations

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Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas

Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

Site Status

Countries

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Ecuador

References

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Other Identifiers

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EUS-GBD

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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