Covered vs Uncovered Metal Stents for Palliative Biliary Decompression in Inoperable Malignant Distal Bile Duct Obstruction
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Official title
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Covered Versus Uncovered Metal Stents for Biliary Decompression in Inoperable Malignant Distal Bile Duct Obstruction
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01905384
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Other
- Enrollment
- 6 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Covered Self-expanding metal biliary stents (C-SEMS) Device
- Uncovered Self-expanding metal biliary stents (U-SEMS) Device
Device
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 99 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 7, 2017
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2020
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2020
- Last update posted
- Mar 30, 2022
2017 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai Hospital | New York | New York | 10029 | — |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37212 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Mar 30, 2022 · Synced May 18, 2026
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