U.S., Jan. 9 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07325877) titled 'Supra-papillary Versus Trans-papillary Biliary Stenting in Malignant Peri-hilar Stenosis' on Dec. 16, 2025.
Brief Summary: This is a randomized controlled trial comparing patients with obstructive jaundice due to malignancies of the perihilar area of bile ducts and undergoing both preoperative and palliative biliary drainage. The comparison will focus on the technique:, on the one hand, an arm of patients undergoing standard-of-care ERCP with trans-papillary plastic protesis placement, and on the other hand, an experimental arm of patients undergoing suprapapillary plastic protesis placement with no sphincterotomy. The primary object...