Safety of biliary drainage with 6-mm metallic stent for preoperative obstructive jaundice in pancreatic cancer: PURPLE SIX STUDY.

Shota Harai Susumu HijiokaReiko YamadaTakeshi Ogura Mitsuharu Fukasawa Atsushi OkudaHideyuki HorikeDai InoueMasanari SekineYusuke Ishida Takehiko KogaHidetoshi KitamuraYasuhito TanakaMotohiro YoshinariKatsumasa KobayashiMark ChattoDaiki YamashigeYuki KawasakiYoshikuni NagashioTakuji Okusaka

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2024)

The 6-mm FCSEMS is an extremely safe metallic stent with a low stent-related adverse event rate of 3.1% for preoperative biliary drainage in pancreatic cancer. It is considered the optimal stent for preoperative biliary drainage in terms of the non-RBO rate. UMIN Clinical Trial Registry (UMIN-CTR 000041704).

Keyphrases

clinical trial
patients undergoing
ultrasound guided
emergency department
randomized controlled trial
open label
phase ii