Endoscopic Treatment of Benign Biliary Strictures and Cystic Duct Leakages With a Novel Biodegradable Biliary Stent

Tampere University Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Biliary Tract Diseases

Treatments

Device: Endoscopic insertion of biodegradable biliary stent

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02353286

Biodegradable Biliary stent

Details and patient eligibility

About

Patients with either post-cholecystectomy bile leak or benign biliary stricture are recruited for endoscopic insertion of a biodegradable biliary stent. A follow-up of 12 months with repeated serum samples and magnetic resonance imaging is scheduled. The primary end points are feasibility of endoscopic insertion with the novel implantation device and stricture or leak resolution as well as clinical treatment success.

Full description

Benign biliary strictures (BBS) and post-cholecystectomy bile leaks have traditionally been treated endoscopically with plastic stents. In BBS, promising results of covered self-expanding metal stent use have been recently published. However, in both BBS and post-cholecystectomy bile leak the need of stent therapy is temporary and endoscopic stent exchange or removal is unavoidable. These two groups of patients may be the ones that would most obviously benefit from biodegradable (BD) biliary stents. Studies of BD stents on animal models have shown excellent long term patency and safety both in biliary and pancreatic duct as well better outcome compared to plastic stents after post-cholecystectomy bile leak in an animal study. Until recently, non-operative insertion of BD polydioxanone stent in human biliary tract has been possible only via percutaneous route.

With the novel implantation device, the BD stents (braided, self-expanding polydioxanone stent, 8 x 40-60mm, Ella, Czech republic) may be used endoscopically during endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP).

The hypothesis is that larger diameter and radial expansion strength provide at least similar treatment success as the current method of endoscopic insertion of plastic or covered self-expanding metal stents in bile leak and BBS, respectively. However, later stent exchange or removal is not necessary with BD stents.

Enrollment

14 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

informed-consent patients with diagnosed or suspected post-cholecystectomy biliary leak or benign biliary stricture.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with contra-indications for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or surgically altered gastro-duodenal anatomy (e.g. roux-y-loop) are excluded from the study.