Preoperative Biliary Drainage in Resectable Pancreatic or Periampullary Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01774019 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : January 23, 2013
Last Update Posted : January 26, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Pancreatic Carcinoma | Device: WallFlex™ Biliary RX Fully Covered/Uncovered Stent System | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 294 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Randomized Multi-Center Study Comparing No Drainage to Preoperative Biliary Drainage Using Metal Stents in Patients With Resectable Pancreatic or Periampullary Cancer |
Actual Study Start Date : | February 20, 2013 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | March 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: WallFlex™ Biliary RX Fully Covered/Uncovered Stent System
Patients in this group will receive a fully covered or uncovered study SEMS (self-expanding metal stent)
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Device: WallFlex™ Biliary RX Fully Covered/Uncovered Stent System |
No Intervention: None (No Pre-Operative Biliary Drainage)
Patients in this group will not receive pre-operative biliary drainage with a study SEMS
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- Number of serious pre-operative, operative and post-operative adverse events to 120 days post randomization or to 30 days post surgery, whichever comes last [ Time Frame: 120 days ]Count of Serious Adverse Events
- Number of adverse events [ Time Frame: Procedure - 120 days ]Adverse events will be assessed in terms of rate, severity, seriousness, relatedness to stent or endoscopic or surgical procedure, impact on time of surgery, length of hospitalization and ICU stay.
- Time to surgery [ Time Frame: Baseline to 4 weeks ]Days until subject undergoes surgery
- Curative Intent Surgery details pertaining to intraoperative assessment of resectability, surgical resection and reconstruction techniques. [ Time Frame: Baseline to 4 weeks ]Details related to Curative Intent Surgery
- Amount of intraoperative blood loss and number of blood transfusions, duration of surgery [ Time Frame: At time of surgery ]Intraoperative blood loss in ml, count of transfusions and time from start to finish of surgery
- Biliary obstructive symptoms assessment [ Time Frame: Baseline - 120 days ]Record of symptoms associated with biliary obstruction
- Improvement of liver function test (LFT) levels as relative to baseline [ Time Frame: Week 2 - 120 days ]Laboratory tests for liver function
- Stent placement success [ Time Frame: Procedure ]Stent placement success: ability to deploy the stent in satisfactory position across the stricture (For patients who are randomized to biliary drainage with a metal stent)
- Stent removal success [ Time Frame: At time of surgery or prior to surgery if re-intervention is needed. ]Stent removal success: successful SEMS removal, either en bloc at time of surgery or endoscopically prior to surgery without stent removal related SAEs (For patients who are randomized to biliary drainage with a metal stent)
- Number, type, reason, and timing of biliary re-interventions [ Time Frame: Baseline - 120 days ]Count and timing of biliary re-interventions
- Number of hospital and ICU admissions [ Time Frame: Procedure - 120 days ]Count of admissions to hospital and ICU
- Duration of hospital and ICU admissions [ Time Frame: Procedure - 120 days ]Length of stay in hospital and ICU

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 or older
- Willing and able to comply with the study procedures and provide written informed consent to participate in the study
- Diagnosis of probable pancreatic cancer, distal common bile duct (CBD) cholangiocarcinoma and other periampullary cancers (histology not required)
- Biliary obstructive symptoms or signs
- Bilirubin level at/above 100 umol per liter (5.8 mg/dL)
- Distal biliary obstruction consistent with pancreatic cancer, distal CBD cholangiocarcinoma or other periampullary malignancy
- Location of distal biliary obstruction is such that it would allow the proximal end of a stent to be positioned at least 2cm from the hilum
- Patients deemed as resectable by pancreatic protocol CT or MRI
- Surgical candidate per pancreatobiliary surgeon after multi-disciplinary discussion
- Surgery intent within 4 weeks
- Endoscopic and surgical treatment to be provided by same team
Exclusion Criteria:
- Biliary strictures caused by confirmed benign tumors
- Biliary strictures caused by malignancies other than pancreatic cancer, distal CBD cholangiocarcinoma and other periampullary cancers
- Surgically altered biliary tract anatomy, not including prior cholecystectomy
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for current malignancy
- Palliative indication due to reasons other than surgical candidate status
- Previous biliary drainage by ERCP/PTC
- Patients for whom endoscopic techniques are contraindicated
- Participation in another investigational trial within 90 days
- Pregnancy

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01774019
Contact: Andrea Burbage | 508-683-4387 | andrea.burbage@bsci.com | |
Contact: Huma Preston | 508-683-4813 | huma.preston@bsci.com |
United States, California | |
Standford University Medical Center | Completed |
Stanford, California, United States, 94305 | |
United States, Indiana | |
Indiana University Medical Center | Withdrawn |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202 | |
Australia, New South Wales | |
Westmead Hospital | Completed |
Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, 2145 | |
Belgium | |
ULB Erasme Hospital | Recruiting |
Brussels, Belgium, 1070 | |
Contact: Mia Persoons +32 2 555 3016 Mia.Persoons@erasme.ulb.ac.be | |
Principal Investigator: Jacques Devière, MD | |
Canada, Quebec | |
Centre hospitalier de l Université de Montréal | Withdrawn |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2X 3J4 | |
China | |
Beijing Friendship Hospital | Recruiting |
Beijing, China | |
Contact: Hongmin Yu hongmin.yu@tigermedgrp.com | |
Principal Investigator: Peng Li, MD | |
Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases Fourth Military Medical University | Recruiting |
Xi'an, China | |
Contact: Huan Hou huan.hou@tigermedgrp.com | |
Principal Investigator: Kaishan Tao, MD | |
France | |
Hopital Edouard Herriot | Completed |
Lyon, France, 69437 | |
Hong Kong | |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital | Recruiting |
Kowloon, Hong Kong | |
Contact: Bing Yee Suen suenbingyee@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk | |
Principal Investigator: Nam-Hung Chia, MD | |
Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong | Recruiting |
Sha Tin, Hong Kong | |
Contact: Bing Yee Suen suenbingyee@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk | |
Principal Investigator: James Lau, MD | |
India | |
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology | Recruiting |
Hyderabad, India, 500 082 | |
Contact: Sana Fatima sana.aigindia@gmail.com | |
Principal Investigator: Nageshwar Reddy, MD | |
Italy | |
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli | Recruiting |
Rome, Italy, 00168 | |
Contact: Carolina Gualtieri +390630156580 carolina.gualtieri@policlinicogemelli.it | |
Contact: Andrea Tringali, MD andrea.tringali@unicatt.it | |
Principal Investigator: Guido Costamagna, MD | |
Japan | |
Tokyo Medical University | Completed |
Tokyo, Japan, 160-0023 |
Principal Investigator: | Guido Costamagna, MD | Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli |
Responsible Party: | Boston Scientific Corporation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01774019 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
90914721 E7059 ( Other Identifier: Boston Scientific ) |
First Posted: | January 23, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 26, 2021 |
Last Verified: | January 2021 |
Pancreatic Periampullary Cancer Preoperative Biliary Drainage Resectable |
Pancreatic Neoplasms Digestive System Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Digestive System Diseases Pancreatic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases |