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Administrative data

NCT number NCT05068739
Other study ID # NKF vs. PA-EMR
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date June 1, 2021
Est. completion date October 11, 2022

Study information

Verified date October 2022
Source Duzce University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aims of this study are to compare the needle knife fistulotomy (NKF) technique versus the partial ampullary endoscopic mucosal resection (PA-EMR) technique in patients with difficult biliary cannulation and to assess the incidence rate of complications between these cannulation methods.


Description:

Cannulation success with standard techniques reported to be around 95% even in expert hands and despite all efforts, it can be challenging that needs an alternate intervention. NKF is recommended as the initial technique for pre-cutting because the rate of post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) is significantly low but there is an ongoing debate about limiting its use in certain types of papillae with a long intra-mural segment Indeed the shape of the papillae influences the success of bile duct cannulation and the choice of the pre-cutting technique. Type-2 and Type-3 papillae are more difficult to cannulate than Type-1. NKF can be performed as the initial technique for pre-cutting in protruded Type-2 and Type-3 papillae but it has some limitations. First of all, the incision can be erratic because it is performed without a guidewire and uncontrolled. This can cause a tattered mucosa as the incision progress and the papillae lose anatomic contours. Some amount of bleeding may also unavoidably occur and the field of view further impaired. If the initial incision line is incorrect and additional incision is needed, more crumpled and deformed papillae with irregular margins may be encountered. These undesired results are frequently experienced and prevent a clean-cut, thus further complicate the cannulation. Even perforation can occur. Recently the investigators described a novel technique, PA-EMR, for difficult biliary cannulation in patients with protruded Type-2, Type-3, and shar-pei papilla. The investigators hypothesized that with this new technique cannulation success will be higher, procedure time will be shorter and the adverse events will be lower versus NKF technique.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 80
Est. completion date October 11, 2022
Est. primary completion date June 21, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 16 Years to 90 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patient who submitted a written informed consent for this trial, and aged between 18-90 years old - Patient who have naïve papilla (no previous procedure was performed at ampulla) - Patient who is suspected to have a biliary obstruction or biliary disease - Patient who is needed to have endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for treatment of biliary obstruction - Patient who have risks of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography p Exclusion Criteria: - Patient who is pregnant - Patient with mental retardation - Patient allergic to contrast agents - Patient who received sphincterotomy or pancreatobiliary operation previously - Patient who have ampulla of Vater cancer - Patient who have difficulty for the approach to ampulla due to abdominal surgery including stomach cancer with Billroth II anastomosis - Patient who have pancreatic diseases as bellow (at least one more); - acute pancreatitis within 30days before enrollment - idiopathic acute recurrent pancreatitis - pancreas divisum - obstructive chronic pancreatitis - pancreatic cancer - Patients with Type-1, non-protruding Type-2 and Type-4 papilla

Study Design


Intervention

Procedure:
PA-EMR
Standard oval-shaped, braided wire polypectomy snare with 10 mm or 20 mm loop diameter will be used. With the duodenoscope in a semi-long position, the tip of the snare will be anchored just below the transverse fold of the ampulla and opened above-downwards fashion until the orifice will be seen. The orifice will be strictly preserved to avoid the risk of PEP and approximately the upper two-thirds of the ampullary mound will be grabbed by the snare. The direction and the depth will be controlled by combined movements of the elevator and wheels of the duodenoscope. After removal of the mucosa, the wall of choledochus will be seen clearly and standard wire-guided cannulation (WGC) will be performed. If cannulation can not be achieved with WGC, an additional incision will be performed to the wall of the choledochus with a needle knife.
NKF
The needle knife will be placed at the junction of the upper one-third and lower two-thirds of the papillary roof (bulging portion). Minimal, superficial incisions will be made in the 11-12 o'clock direction. The length of the fistulotomy will be at the endoscopist's discretion, depending on the shape of the papilla. The cut will be extended until bile juice, the pinkish bile duct mucosa, and/or the bulging of the white sphincter of the Oddi's muscle is visible.

Locations

Country Name City State
Turkey Duzce University School of Medicine Duzce

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Duzce University Cukurova University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (4)

Haraldsson E, Lundell L, Swahn F, Enochsson L, Löhr JM, Arnelo U; Scandinavian Association for Digestive Endoscopy (SADE) Study Group of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreaticography. Endoscopic classification of the papilla of Vater. Results of an inter- and intraobserver agreement study. United European Gastroenterol J. 2017 Jun;5(4):504-510. doi: 10.1177/2050640616674837. Epub 2016 Oct 17. — View Citation

Katsinelos P, Lazaraki G, Chatzimavroudis G, Zavos C, Kountouras J. The endoscopic morphology of major papillae influences the selected precut technique for biliary access. Gastrointest Endosc. 2015 Apr;81(4):1056. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.11.018. — View Citation

Sriram PV, Rao GV, Nageshwar Reddy D. The precut--when, where and how? A review. Endoscopy. 2003 Aug;35(8):S24-30. Review. — View Citation

Testoni PA, Mariani A, Aabakken L, Arvanitakis M, Bories E, Costamagna G, Devière J, Dinis-Ribeiro M, Dumonceau JM, Giovannini M, Gyokeres T, Hafner M, Halttunen J, Hassan C, Lopes L, Papanikolaou IS, Tham TC, Tringali A, van Hooft J, Williams EJ. Papillary cannulation and sphincterotomy techniques at ERCP: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Clinical Guideline. Endoscopy. 2016 Jul;48(7):657-83. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-108641. Epub 2016 Jun 14. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Success rate of cannulation Successful bilary cannulation, verified by fluoroscopic images of correct guidewire positioning in the CBD, and contrast media. 1 day
Secondary Incidence rate of complications The rate of complications (if any occur) 1 week
Secondary Cannulation time Time from first contact with cannula to papillae to deep cannulation 1 day
Secondary Procedure time Total procedure time 1 day
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