Status:

TERMINATED

SEMS Placement Before Surgery in Unblocking Bile Duct in Patients With Periampullary Pancreatic Cancer With Severe Obstructive Jaundice

Lead Sponsor:

Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Conditions:

Pancreatic Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

19+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This trial studies the side effects of self expanding metal stent (SEMS) placement before surgery in unblocking the bile duct in patients with periampullary pancreatic cancer with severe obstructive j...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To compare the 30-day overall complication rates between patients with severe obstructive jaundice undergoing preoperative endoscopic biliary drainage with self expanding metal...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Diagnosis of operable peri-ampullary pancreatic cancer as determined by the Department of Surgery per their standard of care
  • Serum bilirubin \> 10 mg/dl
  • Adequate birth control

Exclusion

  • Patients with evidence of distant metastasis on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Patients anticipated to require vascular reconstruction
  • Patients with cholangitis
  • Patients for whom surgery is deemed inappropriate by surgeon
  • Patients with bilirubin less than 10 mg/dL or greater than 20 mg/dL
  • Patients who previously underwent biliary decompression for cholangitis by ERCP or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC)
  • Patients with low performance score (Karnofsky performance status scale \< 50)
  • Patients with known preexisting liver disease with associated elevated bilirubin
  • Patients who are pregnant or actively breast feeding

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 4 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

4 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03820544

Start Date

September 1 2017

End Date

April 4 2019

Last Update

April 30 2025

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Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107