Feasibility of Endoscopic Ultrasound Based Biliary Stone Removal Without Fluoroscopy

California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Common Bile Duct Gall Stones

Treatments: Procedure: Common bile duct stone removal without fluoroscopy.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01678391

2012.065-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

To assess the feasibility and success of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) directed biliary stone removal without use of fluoroscopy. Success for this study will be defined as the successful removal of all stones from the bile duct without the use of fluoroscopy. Fluoroscopy will only be used at the end of a presumed successful procedure to confirm that all stones are removed.

Enrollment: 33 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients able to give informed consent
• Patients referred to IES for the endoscopic evaluation and treatment of suspected bile duct stones

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with >3 bile duct stones or with any stone >12mm on EUS
• Patients with no bile duct stones on EUS
• Patients with altered biliary anatomy (periampullary diverticulum, anomalous pancreatibiliary junction, altered surgical anatomy)
• Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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33 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with common bile duct stones.

Experimental group

Description:

Common bile duct stone removal without fluoroscopy

Treatment:

Procedure: Common bile duct stone removal without fluoroscopy.