# Relieving the Bile Ducts Prior to Pancreatoduodenectomy

> **NCT05434520** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Rigshospitalet, Denmark** · enrollment: 722 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pancreas Cancer
- Surgery-Complications
- Biliary Fistula

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Preoperative biliary drainage (ERC og PTC-aided)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05434520
- **Lead sponsor:** Rigshospitalet, Denmark
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-03-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-03-01
- **Final completion:** 2022-03-01
- **Target enrollment:** 722 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-28


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05434520

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05434520, "Relieving the Bile Ducts Prior to Pancreatoduodenectomy". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05434520. Licensed CC0.

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