Clinical trials: Malignant Biliary Stricture
Biliary Strictures Caused by Malignant Neoplasms
Study of the WallFlex™ Biliary Partially-covered Stent for the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction
This is a a prospective study of the WallFlex™ Biliary Partially-covered Stent designed to collect data to support regulatory clearance by the FDA in the United States and to determine the functionality of the WallFlex™ Biliary…
- Trial name
- NCT00713427
- Testing
- WallFlex™ Biliary Partially-Covered Stent
- Where
- 6 sites in Belgium, France and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Obstruction of Biliary Tree, Biliary Tract Cancer
Endoscopic Therapy of Malignant Bile Duct Strictures
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.
- Conditions
- Obstruction of Biliary Tree, Biliary Tract Cancer, Biliary Tract Neoplasms
- Trial name
- NCT01543607
- Testing
- Radiofrequency ablation catheter (Habib EndoHBP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Stricture, Obstruction
Patency of a Prototype Large Plastic Biliary Stent in the Palliation of Malignant Distal Biliary Strictures.
Plastic biliary stents which are a new larger size will remain free of obstructions for a longer period of time than currently used 10 French stents in cancer in the common bile duct.
- Conditions
- Stricture, Obstruction, Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT01590394
- Testing
- Large plastic biliary stent
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic