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Availability of endoscopic ultrasonography for the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis undetected by other modalities: multicenter non-randomized, non-blind exploratory clinical trial

Availability of endoscopic ultrasonography for the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis undetected by other modalities: multicenter non-randomized, non-blind exploratory clinical trial - EUS biliary stone study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000028558
Enrollment
50
Registered
2017-08-07
Start date
2017-07-28
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

choledocholithiasis

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Hokkaido University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Age of 20 years or older (2) Suspected of having choledocholithiasis with epigastralgia/ right hypochondralgia due to unknown origin or serum elevated levels of T-bilirubin, AST, ALT, gamma-GT and ALP (3) Highly suspeted of having choledocholithiasis based on ASGE guideline (4) Performance Status (PS) Grade 0-3 (5) Being able to providing informed consent for participation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Having a biliary stone detected by any of US, CT or MRCP (2) Severe cholangitis (Grade III) based on Tokyo guideline 2013 (3) Bile duct stricture detected by any of US, CT, MRCP (4) Having the past history of endoscopic treatment of choledocholithiasis (5) Intubated with a biliary stent (6) Ampullary tumor (7) Having tumor invation at the major papilla (8) With Billroth II or Roux-en-Y reconstruction after gastrectomy (9) Choledocho-duodenal fistula (10) Consciousness disturbance with Japan Coma Scale (JCS) I-2 or severe (11)(12) Severe cardiopulmonary disease (13) Pregnancy or during breast-feeding (14) Judged inappropriate by a research director

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Diagnostic accuracy of EUS for choledocholithiasis

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMasaki Kuwatani

Hokkaido University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

mkuwatan@med.hokudai.ac.jp011-716-1161

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026