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Last refreshed on: 8 February 2016
Main ID:  NCT02668081
Date of registration: 08/01/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
Public title: Comparing the Effects of EST and EPBD in Patients With Acute Biliary Pancreatitis
Scientific title: Prospective Randomized Study Comparing the Effects of Endoscopic Sphincterotomy (EST) and Endoscopic Papillary Balloon Dilation (EPBD) in Patients With Acute Biliary Pancreatitis (ABP)
Date of first enrolment: January 2016
Target sample size: 39
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02668081
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Hoi Hung Chan, MD, PhD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
Name:     Hoi Hung Chan, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +886-7-342-2121
Email: hoihungchan@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Hoi Hung Chan, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +886-7-342-2121
Email: hoihungchan@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Patients with age = 20 years and acute biliary pancreatitis concomitant with either signs
of acute cholangitis or bile duct obstruction will be enrolled in the study. They will be
randomized into two treatment groups (sphincterotomy vs. balloon dilation).

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients diagnosed with acute gallstone pancreatitis and fulfill any two items from a to
c, plus one item in d, and e:

1. abdominal pain typical of pancreatitis;

2. elevation of serum amylase and/or lipase up to three times above normal;

3. imaging studies (abdominal ultrasound or abdominal computed tomography) showed
evidence of pancreatitis

4. common bile duct stones, acute cholangitis (Charcot's triad), total bilirubin (total
bilirubin)> 4mg / dL, bile duct dilatation (diameter> 6mm with intact gallbladder,
or> 10mm when the gallbladder has been removed) plus total bilirubin 1.8 ~ 4mg / dL;

5. exclude other causes of acute pancreatitis.

Exclusion Criteria:

- septic shock

- serious coagulopathy (international normalized ratio 1.5, partial thromboplastin time
greater than twice that of control, platelet count <50 x 1000 / Cumm)

- malignant tumors of the biliary and pancreatic tract

- severe cardiovascular or mental illness which can not cooperate with the exam and
treatment;

- pregnant women

- patient who had ever received surgery or endoscopic treatment for biliopancreatic
tract



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 100 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acute Biliary Pancreatitis
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Endoscopic papillary balloon dilation
Procedure: Endoscopic sphincterotomy
Primary Outcome(s)
Complete removal of common bile duct stones [Time Frame: one year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Evaluation of adverse events [Time Frame: One week]
Secondary ID(s)
VGHKS15-CT7-13
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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