Plastic Stents Compared With Metal Stents in Treating Patients With Malignant Dysphagia Caused by Esophageal Cancer or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Esophageal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Complications
In brief
RATIONALE: Placing a stent in the esophagus may lessen swallowing difficulties and improve quality of life in patients with malignant dysphagia caused by esophageal cancer or gastroesophageal junction cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying self-expanding plastic stents to see how well they work compared with self-expanding metal stents in treating patients with malignant dysphagia caused by esophageal cancer or gastroesophageal junction cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00372450
- Run by
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2006-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-04-11
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-03-20
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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