Impact of biliary stents on the tissue acquisition using EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy

Impact of biliary stents on the tissue acquisition using EUS-guided fine-needle biopsy in solid pancreatic masses : A multicenter prospective study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0010873

Enrollment

106

Registered

2025-08-11

Start date

2023-04-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-08-18

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Procedure/Surgery : The patients were randomly assigned to two groups. In one group, EUS-FNA was performed first to obtain tissue samples from the solid pancreatic mass, followed by ERCP for biliary s

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: In cases of obstructive jaundice among patients with solid pancreatic masses for whom histological confirmation is deemed necessary based on clinical or radiological assessment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who underwent only one of the procedures (either EUS-FNA or ERCP) 2. Patients with uncontrolled cardiopulmonary disease 3. Patients with uncontrolled coagulopathy (INR > 1.5 or platelet count < 50,000 / mm³) 4. Patients currently receiving antithrombotic therapy that cannot be discontinued or delayed 5. Pregnant women 6. Patients who did not provide informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Diagnostic accuracy	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
diagnostic performance: diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactSe Woo Park

Hallym University Medical Center-Dongtan

britnepak@outlook.com+82-31-8086-2858

Outcome results