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Biliary Candidiasis - Optimization of Diagnostics and Therapy

NCT01109550 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 123

Last updated 2022-11-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Biliary obstruction and cholangitis are common problems in gastroenterology and need specific therapeutic interventions. Besides a variety of potential causes, infections of the biliary tract with Candida and other fungal species have increasingly been reported in the last few years. Especially interesting is the question, if patients with positive fungal cultures of bile samples should be treated or not and under which circumstances. The primary aim of the present study is to evaluate wether positive fungal cultures of bile samples indicate fungal infection of the biliary tract, rather colonization or simply contamination during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedure.

Conditions

  • Secondary Cholangitis
  • Bile Duct Strictures of Unknown Origin

Interventions

PROCEDURE

ERCP

endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography transpapillary biopsies

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Philipp Lenz, M.D. · University Hospital of Muenster

  • Dirk Domagk, M.D. · University Hospital of Muenster

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2013-11-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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