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Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Resectable Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma

NCT00797121 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2008-11-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Preoperative biliary drainage

Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage(PTBD) is performed under the guidance of ultrasound. The duration may be around four weeks to make the total bilirubin of patients lower than 85μmol/L.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sun Yat-sen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lijian Liang · Department of hepatobiliary, the first affiliated hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

  • Xiaoyu Yin, MD · Department of Hepatobiliary, the first affiliated hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2013-05-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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