The Use of Guide Wire in Biliary Cannulation: Angled or Straight Tipped Guide Wire?

Turku University Hospital (TYKS)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Deep Biliary Cannulation

Treatments: Procedure: angled and straight tipped guide wire

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01002404

23/180/2009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to prospectively evaluate the deep biliary cannulation in ERCP with the angled tipped guide wire or the straight tipped guide wire.

Full description

Patients coming to ERCP examination are being divided randomly to two different groups. The deep biliary cannulation is started with predetermined guide wire. If the cannulation does not succeed in two minutes, the procedure is continued as normal.

Enrollment: 164 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• the need for ERCP assessed by a specialist in gastrointestinal surgery

Exclusion criteria

• prior sphincterotomy
• age under 18
• age over 90
• contrast media allergy
• inability to give informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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164 participants in 2 patient groups

angled tipped guide wire

Active Comparator group

Description:

angled tipped guide wire used to deep biliary cannulation

Treatment:

Procedure: angled and straight tipped guide wire

straight tipped guidewire

Active Comparator group

Description:

straight guide wire used to deep biliary cannulation

Treatment:

Procedure: angled and straight tipped guide wire