Clinical Trials Logo

Clinical Trial Summary

Evaluation of the best line of treatment of borderline CBD stones associated with gallbladder stones whether by conservative treatment or endoscopic stone extraction as regard complete clearance rate of the CBD stones followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The secondary outcomes are overall complications related to each approach, technical difficulties and conversion rate during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and cost benefit relationship of each line of treatment.


Clinical Trial Description

Enrolled patients in the study will be randomized to either conservative treatment or ERCP and stone extraction. The randomization process will be done using closed envelop method and will be withdrawn by a nurse in the outpatient clinic.

1. Patients in conservative treatment group will receive medical treatment in the form of antibiotics, analgesics and antispasmodics for 3 days. These patients will be followed up for improvement on the ground of clinical symptoms and serum bilirubin level and abdominal US for CBD stones.

1. Improvement: If the stone spontaneously passes to the duodenum and CBD is clear completely from the stones proved by US, the patient will undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) within 3 days.

2. No improvement: the patient will undergo ERCP and then LC.

2. Patients in ERCP group will undergo ERCP and wide papillotomy and stone extraction directly then laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) within 3 days. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


NCT number NCT02460523
Study type Interventional
Source Mansoura University
Contact
Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date April 2012
Completion date March 2015

See also
  Status Clinical Trial Phase
Completed NCT00164853 - Compare Combined Sphincterotomy and Balloon Dilation (ESBD) Versus Standard Sphincterotomy (ES) in Removing Biliary Stones Phase 3
Completed NCT02916199 - Primary Needle Knife Fistulotomy Versus Conventional Cannulation Method N/A
Completed NCT01734720 - Common Bile Duct Stones - Natural History and Interventions N/A
Recruiting NCT05892458 - Effect of Abdominal Massage on Prevention of Recurrent Common Bile Duct Stones After Endoscopic Sphincterotomy N/A
Recruiting NCT03442205 - Treatment of Common Bile Duct Stones N/A