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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00391183
Date of registration: 19/10/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Public title: Palliative Biliary Stenting on the Quality of Life of Patients With Unresectable Carcinoma Gallbladder With Hiliar Block.
Scientific title: Effect of Palliative Biliary Stenting Versus Conservative Treatment on the Quality of Life (QOL) of Patients With Unresectable Carcinoma of the Gallbladder With Hiliar Block: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: January 2006
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00391183
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
India
Contacts
Name:     Vikram Bhatia, M.D, D.M.
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Affiliation:  All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Name:     Pramod Garg, M.D, D.M.
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Affiliation:  All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with unresectable gallbladder cancer (Bismuth type II to IV).

2. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance (ECOG) status 0-3.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Preoperative stenting

2. ECOG status 4

3. Distant residence precluding follow up visits, or unwillingness to return for follow
up.

4. Poor comprehension of the Hindi QOL questionnaire.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Gallbladder Cancer
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Biliary stenting
Primary Outcome(s)
Improvement in the physical functioning scale (containing five items) of EORTC QLQ-30 one month after after biliary stenting. [Time Frame: 30 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Hospital stay [Time Frame: 30 days]
Cost of therapy [Time Frame: 30 days]
Improvements in other functional and social scales and single items of EORTC QLQ-30 [Time Frame: 30 days]
Complications [Time Frame: 30 days]
Performance status change [Time Frame: 30 days]
Survival [Time Frame: 30 days]
Secondary ID(s)
GE-CAGB/2005
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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