Prospective Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of Endoscopically Placed Self-expandable Stents

University of Florida

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastrointestinal Diseases

Treatments: Procedure: Self-expandable stent placement via endoscopy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00968552

Stents/ERCP

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators' believe that it is important to medical practice to obtain information on how expandable metal stents work in a large group of patients who have metal stents placed in the gastrointestinal system. The purpose of this research study is to collect information on the stent placement in our facility and how the patients responded to the stent placement.

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age 18 years or older.
2. Scheduled to undergo endoscopy with placement of self-expanding stent at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
3. Subject must be able to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1. Any contraindication to performing endoscopy.
2. Participation in another research protocol that could interfere or influence the outcomes measures of the present study.
3. The subject is unable/unwilling to give informed consent.

Trial design

23 participants in 1 patient group

Patients undergoing stent placement

Description:

Patients who are scheduled to undergo stent placement via endoscopy as part of their routine medical care.

Treatment:

Procedure: Self-expandable stent placement via endoscopy