Ultrasound-guided tube meeting vs. small cut for bile duct access
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This trial compares two ways to get a tube into your bile duct when the usual method is difficult: one uses a special ultrasound-guided technique to meet the tube from a different angle, and the other uses a small cut to open the duct. It may help your doctor choose the safest and most effective approach for you.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be 18 years or older.
- You are having an ERCP, a test that puts a thin tube down your throat to reach the bile duct (the tube that carries bile from your liver).
- It must be your first time having a tube put into your bile duct (your papilla is 'native', meaning untouched).
- The doctor must have had trouble getting the tube into your bile duct — for example, after 10 tries, 10 minutes of trying, or accidentally going into the pancreas tube twice.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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