# Study Investigating the Best Method of Treatment of Bile Duct Stones in Higher Risk Patients

> **NCT00612846** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **North Bristol NHS Trust** · enrollment: 91 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Choledocholithiasis
- Higher Risk Patients

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Endoscopic sphincterotomy and subsequent laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- **PROCEDURE:** Laparoscopic bile duct exploration during cholecystectomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00612846
- **Lead sponsor:** North Bristol NHS Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2000-03
- **Primary completion:** 2006-03
- **Final completion:** 2006-03
- **Target enrollment:** 91 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Terminated early due to slow recruitment
- **Last updated:** 2008-02-12


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00612846

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00612846, "Study Investigating the Best Method of Treatment of Bile Duct Stones in Higher Risk Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00612846. Licensed CC0.

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