Prospective Study of the Risk of Bacteremia in Directed Cholangioscopic Examination of the CBD

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Choledocholithiasis, Cholangiocarcinoma, Benign Stricture of Common Bile Duct

In brief

When a doctor performs Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography "ERCP" (Endoscopy to examine the bile duct) a flexible tube is inserted into the mouth and into the stomach. The tube passes beyond the stomach and into an opening in the liver called the bile duct. Another small flexible endoscope is inserted inside the ERCP scope to directly visualize the bile duct to ensure that there are no cancers or stones in the bile duct and occasionally to take a sample from the bile duct. The purpose of our study is to examine wither performing this procedure can transmit bacteria from the bile duct to the main blood stream.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT01673269
Run by
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso
People needed
60
Starts
2012-07-01
Expected to finish
2013-10-01
Last updated by the study team
2017-05-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

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Where it is running

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