Comparison of Biliary Forceps Biopsy and Brush Cytology

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Cholangiocarcinomas (CCCs) are malignant tumors arising from the biliary epithelium. CCCs are characterised by a high mortality and the only curable therapy is complete tumor resection, if feasible, or in some cases liver transplantation. Since surgery for CCC is a procedure associated with a high mortality itself it needs to be ascertained that an accurate preoperative diagnosis has been established. However, it often appears to be difficult to get a preoperative pathological diagnosis, since it is difficult to obtain tumor specimens using cytologic brushings, biopsy forceps, bile aspiration or endoscopic ultrasonography guided-fine needle aspiration. This is reflected by a nearly 100% specificity but low sensitivity rates. The aim of this study is to compare a new method of biliary biopsy using a double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) forceps to enable a safe and reliable tissue specimen collection within the proximal biliary tract with cytology brushings in patients with suspected malignant proximal biliary strictures.

Official Title
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A Combination of Endoscopic Transpapillary Brush Cytology and a Novel Method of Forceps Biopsy to Diagnose Proximal Biliary Malignancies

Conditions
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Cholangiocarcinoma

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: double-balloon enteroscopy forceps biopsy
* Device: Transpapillary brush cytology


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: biliary stenosis with suspected malignancy Exclusion Criteria: no definite diagnosis available
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Malignant biliary disease<br> | Device: double-balloon enteroscopy forceps biopsy<br>* An endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) with a duodenoscope Olympus TFJ 160-R (Olympus Corp., Tokyo, Japan) and endoscopic sphincterotomy with an Olympus papillotome (Olympus) is performed under analgosedation . Then, the cannulation of the bile duct is performed by a pusher using a guidewire/guiding catheter. Subsequently, 2 histology samples are taken via a double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) forceps (BF1725DF, Fujinon GmbH, Willich, Germany), which is placed under the guidance of the pusher.<br>Device: Transpapillary brush cytology<br>* An endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) with a duodenoscope Olympus TFJ 160-R (Olympus Corp., Tokyo, Japan) and endoscopic sphincterotomy with an Olympus papillotome (Olympus) is performed under analgosedation . The region of interest is then brushed five times in both directions to obtain cytology specimen.<br>|
| Experimental: Benign biliary disease<br> | Device: double-balloon enteroscopy forceps biopsy<br>* An endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) with a duodenoscope Olympus TFJ 160-R (Olympus Corp., Tokyo, Japan) and endoscopic sphincterotomy with an Olympus papillotome (Olympus) is performed under analgosedation . Then, the cannulation of the bile duct is performed by a pusher using a guidewire/guiding catheter. Subsequently, 2 histology samples are taken via a double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) forceps (BF1725DF, Fujinon GmbH, Willich, Germany), which is placed under the guidance of the pusher.<br>Device: Transpapillary brush cytology<br>* An endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) with a duodenoscope Olympus TFJ 160-R (Olympus Corp., Tokyo, Japan) and endoscopic sphincterotomy with an Olympus papillotome (Olympus) is performed under analgosedation . The region of interest is then brushed five times in both directions to obtain cytology specimen.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biopsy versus brush cytology for diagnosing CCC | For this study we recruit patients with proximal biliary stenoses, which are suspect for malignancy. An endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) will be performed on all patients . During ERC all subjects are undergoing both biopsy (using a double-balloon enteroscopy [DBE] forceps under a guidance of a pusher and guiding catheter with guidewire) and transpapillary brush cytology. The definite clinical diagnosis will be compared to cytological/histological results obtained by biopsy/cytology and accuracy will be evaluated. | 6 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Cholangiocellular Carcinoma