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Clinical trialNCT01543607TerminatedInterventional

Endoscopic Therapy of Malignant Bile Duct Strictures

SponsorMassachusetts General HospitalEnrollment1Biliary Tract CancerBiliary Tract NeoplasmsObstruction of Biliary Tree
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Summary

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Patients with malignant bile duct stenosis have poor prognosis and most of the patients are not good candidate for surgery at the time of diagnosis. Placement of the stent is the palliative care for these patients. However over 50% of the stents get blocked within 6-8 months. Use of the radiofrequency ablation before the stent placement may improve stent patency. Heat will be applied to the bile duct in order to open the blockage and prevent the re-growth of tissue into the stent. The investigators are looking to see how safe and feasible RFA (Radiofrequency ablation) catheter is in patient with malignant bile duct stenosis.
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Investigators

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study — it may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
29 Feb 2012
Primary completion
28 Feb 2014
Completion
28 Feb 2014
Last update posted
24 Apr 2017
Registered enrollment
1
Registry id
NCT01543607
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