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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01398917
Date of registration: 25/04/2011
Primary sponsor: Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)
Public title: Short-term Stenting Versus Balloon Dilatation for Dominant Strictures in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Scientific title: Multicenter Randomized Trial Comparing Short-term Stenting Versus Balloon Dilatation for Dominant Strictures in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Date of first enrolment: May 2011
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01398917
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Belgium Netherlands Norway Sweden
Contacts
Name:   Cyriel Y Ponsioen, Dr.
Address: 
Telephone: +31 20 5666012
Email: c.y.ponsioen@amc.nl
Affiliation: 
Name:   Cyriel Y Ponsioen, dr.
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- PSC ascertained with MRCP, ERCP, PTC and/or liver biopsy or

- PSC highly suspected and to be confirmed with present ERCP

- Age between 18-75 years

- Total bilirubin > 3x ULN or rsie in alkaline phosphatase or bilirubin > 50% together
with increase in cholestatic complaints

Exclusion Criteria:

- Prior stenting or balloon-dilatation within last 6 months

- Clinical signs serious suppurative cholangitis reflected by either fever > 39.0 °C,
tachycardia, leukocytosis and elevated CRP, or fever > 38,5 C together with purulent
bile found during ERCP.

- Change of ursodeoxycholic acid therapy shorter than two months ago.

- Inability to give written informed consent

- Signs of biliary cirrhosis Child-Pugh B or C

- Estimated transplant-free survival shorter than 2 years as calculated by a Mayo score
< 2

- Serious suspicion of cholangiocarcinoma, reflected by an imaging study suggestive of
metastasis, MRCP with mass lesion with contrast enhancement, rise in CA19.9 of > 63
U/ml with an absolute value > 130 U/ml 14 .

- Signs of current malignancy other than basocellular skin carcinoma.

- Inability to give informed consent.

- Life expectancy < 24 months.

- Use of antibiotics in previous 4 weeks.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Intervention(s)
Procedure: balloon dilatation
Procedure: plastic endoprosthesis
Primary Outcome(s)
recurrence-free interval of the primary dominant stricture [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
number of patients with adverse events in both groups [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
DILSTENT2
NL34454.018.10
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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