Bile and Bile Duct/Pancreatic Duct Brushings Database for Patients With Pancreato-biliary Stricture

Completed

Conditions studied: Pancreatic Duct Strictures, Biliary Duct Strictures

In brief

The purpose of this study is to create a long-term storage of bile and brushings of pancreato-biliary duct in patients diagnosed with pancreato-biliary stricture for future research. Recently, a lot of research has been done to test for certain markers in the bile and brushings to detect cancer in a stricture. The samples will be used to measure biomarkers (proteins) in biliary diseases.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01565460

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

200

Starts

2012-02-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-30

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Any patient diagnosed with pancreato-biliary stricture.
• Age >18 years
• Ability to provide an informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with altered mental status, who will not be able to provide an informed consent
• Pregnant women

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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