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Interim analysis recommended terminating the study
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| Name | Class |
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| San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital | OTHER |
| Istituti Ospitalieri di Cremona | OTHER |
| Valduce Hospital | OTHER |
| Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital |
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This study evaluates whether an early precut strategy in cases of difficult biliary cannulation could reduce the incidence of PEP compared with that after prolonged cannulation attempts. Secondary aims are to compare the success of biliary cannulation and complications rates of the two techniques.
In this prospective multicenter randomized clinical trial the investigators assign patients referred for therapeutic biliary ERCP and difficult biliary cannulation (unsuccessful cannulation after 5 minutes) to early precut (group A) or repeated papillary cannulation attempts followed, in case of failure, by late precut (group B). Group A patients undergo precut immediately after randomization ("early precut"), while for group B cannulation attempts are continued for another 10 minutes, after which a precut is done if these fail or there are three unintended additional passages of the guide-wire into the MPD ("delayed precut").
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group A | Active Comparator | Early Precut |
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| Group B | Active Comparator | Prolonged cannulation attempts |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Early Precut | Procedure | Early precut was performed during ERCP with difficult biliary cannulation |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Incidence of PEP | 24 hours |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Incidence of overall complications | The incidence of pancreatitis, cholangitis, perforation, bleeding after ERCP was recored. These complications were defined according to the protocol. | 24 hours |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Pier Alberto Testoni, Professor | San Raffaele Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| San Raffaele Hospital | Milan | 20132 | Italy |
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| ID | Term |
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| D003137 | Common Bile Duct Diseases |
| ID | Term |
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| D001649 | Bile Duct Diseases |
| D001660 | Biliary Tract Diseases |
| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |
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| OTHER |
| Cardarelli Hospital | OTHER |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese | OTHER |
| Maresca Hospital | OTHER |
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| Prolonged cannulation attempts | Procedure | Prolonged cannulation attempts was performed during ERCP with difficult biliary cannulation |
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