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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03981315
Bile Composition in Healthy and Gallstones Patients
Gallbladder Bile Composition in Patients With Gallstones and Healthy Patients
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
Gallstones constitute an entity known from antiquity, which have been found even in Egyptian mummies. In elder Greece, Tralliano discovered that gallstones are formed in the liver. Vesalio and Falopio described gallstones inside de gallbladder after a human body dissection and in 1882 Langenbuch performed the first cholecystectomy with good results, becoming the gold standard technique for cholelithiasis.
Nowadays, this pathology represents a public health problem in developed countries due to its high prevalence, which is getting higher, estimated between a 10 and a 15% of the population.
However, gallstones are asymptomatic in the 80% of the cases. In 5 years, a 10-20% of these patients will become symptomatic. The global risk of generating symptoms is about a 2% per year, meanwhile biliary tract complications in asymptomatic patients represent a 0'3% per year.
There are two main types of gallstones. The most common of them (70%) are cholesterol stones, composed of >50% of cholesterol. The other 30% are black pigment stones, with less than 20% of cholesterol in their composition.
The common ways on gallstone formation are: cholesterol supersaturation (due to a liver oversecretion); defects on gallbladder absorption, secretion and motility mechanisms; and higher percentage of deoxycholic acid in the biliary acids due to a slower intestinal movement. All of that leads to supersaturation and cholesterol nucleation.
Black pigment stones are formed of calcium bilirrubinate. The formation mechanism is not clearly defined, but there is an increment in not conjugated bilirubin levels, which is less soluble in water. These gallstones are more frequent in patients who show higher levels of this bilirubin, such as those with hemolysis, Gilbert syndrome or hereditary spherocytosis. They are also common in patients with Crohn disease (specially in those with ileal resection) and cystic fibrosis, in which exists an enterohepatic circulation alteration, driving to an increase on biliary salts and non-conjugated bilirubin levels.
Our work hypothesis is that bile composition in patients with gallstones on the gallbladder is different from those who doesn't show lithiasis.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Alejandro Gil Catalán
- Phone Number: 695621497
- Email: alejandro.gil@ssib.es
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Francesc Xavier Molina Romero
- Phone Number: 695621497
- Email: xmolina@ssib.es
Study Locations
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Mallorca
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Palma De Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain, 07010
- Hospital Universitario Son Espases
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Contact:
- Alejandro Gil Catalán
- Phone Number: 695621497
- Email: alejandro.gil@ssib.es
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria for the Study Group:
- Patients included for an elective cholecystectomy.
- Normal hepatic and renal function.
- Able to understand the nature of the study.
- Wish to participate in the study and sign the informed consent.
Inclusion Criteria for the Control Group:
- Patients included for an hepatectomy with gallbladder exeresis for surgery reasons, without lithiasis.
- Patients included for peritoneal carcinomatosis surgery with gallbladder exeresis for surgery reasons, without lithiasis.
- Organ donors.
- Normal hepatic and renal function.
- Able to understand the nature of the study.
- Wish to participate in the study and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Under 16 years old
- Hepatic or renal insufficiency
- Impossibility to understand the aim of the study
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Observational Models: Case-Control
- Time Perspectives: Prospective
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Lithogenic bile in symptomatic patient
Patients who are performed a cholecystectomy as a treatment of their gallbladder disease
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Analyze bile components related to gall stones synthesis (cholesterol, bile acids, phospholypids, etc.)
Analyze blood components related to gall stones synthesis (cholesterol, bile acids, phospholypids, etc.)
Study of the extracted gall stones, analyzing their composition, type, etc.
Determination of the microbiological composition of the bile
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Lithogenic bile in asymptomatic patient
Patients who are performed a cholecystectomy for another reason (cancer, organ donation) and gall stones are found
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Analyze bile components related to gall stones synthesis (cholesterol, bile acids, phospholypids, etc.)
Analyze blood components related to gall stones synthesis (cholesterol, bile acids, phospholypids, etc.)
Study of the extracted gall stones, analyzing their composition, type, etc.
Determination of the microbiological composition of the bile
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Non-lithogenic bile
Patients who are performed a cholecystectomy for another reason (cancer, organ donation) without gall stones
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Analyze bile components related to gall stones synthesis (cholesterol, bile acids, phospholypids, etc.)
Analyze blood components related to gall stones synthesis (cholesterol, bile acids, phospholypids, etc.)
Determination of the microbiological composition of the bile
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Differences of bile composition between cases and controls
Time Frame: Intra-operatively
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Bilirrubine in mg/dL
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Intra-operatively
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Gibney EJ. Asymptomatic gallstones. Br J Surg. 1990 Apr;77(4):368-72. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800770405.
- Heller F, Bouchier IA. Cholesterol and bile salt studies on the bile of patients with cholesterol gallstones. Gut. 1973 Feb;14(2):83-8. doi: 10.1136/gut.14.2.83.
- Jayanthi V, Sarika S, Varghese J, Vaithiswaran V, Sharma M, Reddy MS, Srinivasan V, Reddy GM, Rela M, Kalkura S. Composition of gallbladder bile in healthy individuals and patients with gallstone disease from north and South India. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2016 Sep;35(5):347-353. doi: 10.1007/s12664-016-0685-5. Epub 2016 Sep 16.
- Mackay C, Crook JN, Smith DC, McAllister RA. The composition of hepatic and gallbladder bile in patients with gallstones. Gut. 1972 Oct;13(10):759-62. doi: 10.1136/gut.13.10.759.
- Reinhold JG, Ferguson LK, Hunsberger A. THE COMPOSITION OF HUMAN GALLBLADDER BILE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CHOLELITHIASIS. J Clin Invest. 1937 May;16(3):367-82. doi: 10.1172/JCI100864. No abstract available.
- Shaffer EA. Gallstone disease: Epidemiology of gallbladder stone disease. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 2006;20(6):981-96. doi: 10.1016/j.bpg.2006.05.004.
- Van Erpecum KJ. Pathogenesis of cholesterol and pigment gallstones: an update. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2011 Apr;35(4):281-7. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2011.01.009. Epub 2011 Feb 25.
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Anticipated)
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- BILISGILMOL
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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