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Plastic Stents Compared With Metal Stents in Treating Patients With Malignant Dysphagia Caused by Esophageal Cancer or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer

NCT00372450 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2019-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Placing a stent in the esophagus may lessen swallowing difficulties and improve quality of life in patients with malignant dysphagia caused by esophageal cancer or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying self-expanding plastic stents to see how well they work compared with self-expanding metal stents in treating patients with malignant dysphagia caused by esophageal cancer or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Conditions

  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Gastrointestinal Complications

Interventions

PROCEDURE

management of therapy complications

PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sanjay Jagannath, MD · Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
120 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-12-31
Primary Completion
2008-04-11
Completion
2008-04-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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