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Last refreshed on: 7 June 2021
Main ID:  NCT03358095
Date of registration: 26/11/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Helsinki University Central Hospital
Public title: Cancer of the Head of the Pancreas: Early Surgery or Preoperative Biliary Drainage?
Scientific title: Cancer of the Head of the Pancreas: Early Surgery or Preoperative Biliary Drainage? A Prospective Study
Date of first enrolment: November 26, 2017
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03358095
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Contacts
Name:     Outi Lindström, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Helsinki University Central Hospital
Name:     Arto Kokkola, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Helsinki University Central Hospital
Name:     Hanna Seppänen, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Helsinki University Central Hospital
Name:     Johanna Louhimo, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Helsinki University Central Hospital
Name:     Marianne Udd, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Helsinki University Central Hospital
Name:     Sini Vehviläinen, MD
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Affiliation:  Helsinki University Central Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients in this study must have a resectable tumor of the head of the pancreas, and
no evidence of distant metastasis or local vascular involvement. At the beginning of
the study it's not necessary to have an accurate histologic diagnosis, the tumor might
be malignant or benign. The patients also have jaundice with a total serum bilirubin
level of 40-250µmol/l, and are fit enough to be considered for an early surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with ongoing cholangitis, neoadjuvant treatments or previous biliary drainage
with stenting by means of ERCP or PTC (Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiogram) are
excluded.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Biliary Stasis
Pancreatic Cancer
Intervention(s)
Device: Tannenbaum Fr 10 stent or WallFlex stent
Primary Outcome(s)
Emerged complications related to surgery or preoperative endoscopy within 120 days of surgery [Time Frame: 120 days after surgery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
Early surgery vs PBD
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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