# Comparison Between Fully Covered Metal Stents and Plastic Stents in Preoperative Biliary Drainage

> **NCT01789502** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Inje University** · enrollment: 86 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Periampullary Cancer
- Complications of Surgical Procedures or Medical Care
- Disorder of Bile Duct Stent

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Fully covered metal stents
- **DEVICE:** Plastic stents

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01789502
- **Lead sponsor:** Inje University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-01
- **Primary completion:** 2014-12
- **Final completion:** 2015-02
- **Target enrollment:** 86 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-08-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01789502

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01789502, "Comparison Between Fully Covered Metal Stents and Plastic Stents in Preoperative Biliary Drainage". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01789502. Licensed CC0.

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