Status:

UNKNOWN

Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Resectable Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

Lead Sponsor:

Sun Yat-sen University

Conditions:

Cholangiocarcinoma

Drainage

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This study is to investigate whether preoperative biliary drainage can reduce the postoperative morbidity in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Detailed Description

Preoperative biliary drainage(PBD) or not, is a Hot Spot issue in the management of Hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Surgeons from Japan tend to perform PTBD(Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage) befor...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients newly diagnosed
  • Resectable patients after imaging assessment and evaluation of general condition of the patient
  • TB\>85μmol/L
  • WBC account more than 1.5×109/L, PLT account more than 100×109/L and HB account more than 100g/L
  • No serious disease in heart, lung and kidney
  • Written informed consent

Exclusion

  • Unresectable patients.
  • Patients have received biliary drainage procedure such as PTBD before admission
  • Complicated with chronic hepatitis
  • Myocardia infarction record within six months
  • Women in pregnancy
  • Serious disease in heart, lung or kidney

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

82 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00797121

Start Date

May 1 2008

End Date

May 1 2013

Last Update

November 25 2008

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Department of Hepatobiliary, the first affiliated hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510080