Efficacy and Safety of a Fully Covered Self-Expandable Metal Stent for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Prospective Cohort Study
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Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The effectiveness and safety of fully covered metal stent in malignant biliary obstruction caused by HCC are still unknown. These would be clarified in this prospective cohort study.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 19
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Adults aged 19 years or older, those who consented to the clinical research participation and signed a written consent form
• Obstructive jaundice caused by unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma
Locations
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Republic of Korea
Seoul National University Hospital
RECRUITING
Seoul
Contact Information
Primary
Sang Hyub Lee, MD, PhD
gidoctor@snu.ac.kr
82-2072-2228
Time Frame
Start Date: 2020-04-27
Completion Date: 2025-04-26
Participants
Target number of participants: 50
Treatments
Experimental: fully covered self-expanable metal stent with HCC
This prospective cohort is comprised of patients with malignant biliary obstruction caused by hepatocellular carcinoma who were treated with endoscopic biliary drainage using fully covered self expandable metal stent.
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Sponsors
Leads: Seoul National University Hospital