WallFlex Biliary Fully Covered (FC) Benign Stricture Study

February 7, 2020 updated by: Boston Scientific Corporation

A Multi-Center, Prospective Study of the WallFlex Biliary RX Fully Covered Stent for the Treatment of Benign Biliary Strictures

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and performance of the WallFlex® Biliary RX Fully Covered Stent as a treatment of biliary obstruction resulting from benign bile duct strictures.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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187

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Westmead, New South Wales, Australia, 2145
        • Westmead Hospital
  • Austria
      • Vienna, Austria
        • Medical University of Vienna
  • Belgium
      • Brussels, Belgium
        • ULB Erasme Hospital
  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
        • St. Michael's Hospital
    • Quebec
      • Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2X 3J4
        • Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-Saint-Luc Hospital
      • Montreal, Quebec, Canada
        • MUHC - McGill University
  • Chile
      • Santiago, Chile
        • Clínica Alemana de Santiago
  • France
      • Lyon, France
        • Hôpital Edouard Herriot
  • Germany
      • Dusseldorf, Germany
        • Evangelischen Krankenhaus
  • India
      • Hyderabad, India
        • Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
  • Italy
      • Rome, Italy, 00168
        • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Policlinico A. Gemelli
  • Netherlands
      • Rotterdam, Netherlands
        • Erasmus Medical Center
  • Spain
    • Catalunya
      • Girona, Catalunya, Spain
        • Hospital Universitari Doctor Josep Trueta

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18 or older
  • Willing and able to comply with the study procedures and provide written informed consent to participate in the study
  • Chronic pancreatitis or prior liver transplantation or prior other abdominal surgery (to include cholecystectomy)
  • Indicated for ERCP procedure with stent placement for: Symptomatic bile duct stricture (i.e. obstructive jaundice, persistent cholestasis, acute cholangitis) confirmed by cholangiogram and/or Bile duct stricture confirmed by cholangiogram and/or Exchange of prior plastic stent(s) for management of benign stricture

Exclusion Criteria:

General:

  • Placement of the stent in strictures that cannot be dilated enough to pass the delivery system
  • Placement of the stent in a perforated duct
  • Placement of the stent in very small intrahepatic ducts
  • Patients for whom endoscopic techniques are contraindicated
  • Biliary stricture of malignant etiology
  • Biliary stricture of benign etiology other than chronic pancreatitis or liver transplant anastomosis or other abdominal surgery
  • Stricture within 2 cm of duct bifurcation
  • Symptomatic duodenal stenosis (with gastric stasis)
  • Prior biliary self-expanding metal stent
  • Suspected stricture ischemia based on imaging of hepatic artery occlusion or endoscopic evidence of biliary cast syndrome
  • Known bile duct fistula
  • Known sensitivity to any components of the stent or delivery system
  • Participation in another investigational study within 90 days prior to consent or during the study

Additional Specific to Chronic Pancreatitis Patients:

  • Developing obstructive biliary symptoms associated with an attack of acute pancreatitis

Additional Specific to Post-Abdominal Surgery Patients:

  • History of hepatectomy
  • History of liver transplant

Additional Specific to Liver Transplant Patients:

  • Live donor transplantation

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: WallFlex Biliary RX FC Stent System
The WallFlex Biliary RX Fully Covered Stent System is being evaluated for treatment of benign biliary strictures.
Device: WallFlex Biliary RX Fully Covered Stent System
Temporary placement of a biliary stent as a treatment of biliary obstruction resulting from benign bile duct strictures. The stent is fully covered with a silicone polymer to reduce the potential of tissue ingrowth into the stent. The stent is removed after 5 months (±1 month) after stent placement in Post-Liver Transplant patients and after 11 months (±1 month) in Chronic Pancreatitis and Post-Abdominal Surgery patients.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Stent Removability
Time Frame: At stent removal
Defined as ability to remove the stent endoscopically without serious stent removal related adverse events as assessed from the time of stent removal to 1month post-stent removal.
At stent removal

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Boston Scientific Corporation

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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December 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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November 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
November 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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November 13, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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November 16, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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November 17, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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February 19, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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February 7, 2020

Last Verified

Last Verified

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February 1, 2020

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • CDM 00027550

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