Clinical trial NCT03279809: The Effect of Aspirin on Patency of Metal Stent in Malignant Distal Bile Duct Obstruction
Official title: The Effect of Aspirin on Patency of Metal Stent in Malignant Distal Bile Duct Obstruction
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Biliary Stasis, Extrahepatic
Lead sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-09-12
Enrollment: 52
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to determine whether administration of aspirin can help maintain the patency of metallic stents for distal malignant common bile duct obstruction. Metal stents are mainly used for malignant biliary obstruction if the surgical treatment is not considered and its maintenance period has been reported to be about 8 months. This study will be prospectively conducted as a randomized controlled study with aspirin treated patients who received metal stents in patients over 20 years who were confirmed malignant distal biliary obstruction. The primary endpoint is the incidence of stent dysfunction in both groups for 6 months after the procedure. The secondary endpoints included duration of metallic stent patency, incidence of further procedures, and adverse events related with aspirin.

Detailed description: Background -Endoscopic drainage is the first choice for bile drainage in patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction. Metal stents are mainly used for malignant biliary obstruction if the surgical treatment is not considered. Metal stents have proven superior in many clinical aspects over plastic stents. Nonetheless, the maintenance period of the metallic stent patency has been reported to be around 8 months, and it is often necessary to undergo further procedure due to dysfunction of stents. Recently, it has been reported that the duration of the metallic stent patency in patients with aspirin is prolonged. Since the previous study was a retrospective study, this study will be prospectively conducted as a randomized controlled study with aspirin treated patients who received metal stents in patients over 20 years who were confirmed malignant distal biliary obstruction. The incidence of stent dysfunction in both groups for 6 months after the procedure will be compared. Stent dysfunction is defined as any case which further procedure is required due to jaundice or cholangitis after stent insertion.

Study aim

-The aim of this study is to determine whether administration of aspirin can help maintain the patency of metallic stents for distal malignant common bile duct obstruction.

Data analysis

* Blinding will remain in place until the statistician codes the statistical analyses of the primary and secondary outcomes. The statistical analyses will be done using the full analysis set according to the intention-to-treat principle, meaning all the randomized patients will be analyzed in their allocated groups regardless of any protocol violations or early treatment discontinuations. The outcomes through a per-protocol analysis set that will consider only the subjects who followed the protocol effectively will be analyzed.
* The rate of stent dysfunction will be compared using Pearson's chi-squared test with Fisher's exact test and calculated the odds ratio of the event. The secondary outcomes (i.e., the duration of stent patency, the rate of reintervention, and the adverse events related to aspirin administration) will be analyzed using Pearson's chi-squared test with Fisher's exact test, Student's t-test, and Kaplan-Meier curves stratified by drug and the hazard ratios between two groups using the Cox proportional hazards. The further affecting factors for stent dysfunction will be assessed by univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis.
* In the initial plan, it was decided not to perform interim analysis, but it was confirmed that more adverse events occurred than expected in the process of conducting the study. Therefore, the interim analysis was performed with the data up to May 2020, and determine whether to continue the study by measuring the benefits and losses obtained from aspirin.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Malignant distal bile duct obstruction
* Over 20 years old
* Techinical success of endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage with metalic stent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient's denial
* Previous Aspirin use
* Aspirin allergy
* Contraindication for aspirin
* Life expectancy \< 6mo
* Gastroduodenal ulcer
* History of substance abuse
* Participation in a clinical trial within the past 30 days

Primary outcomes:
measure: Incidence of stent dysfunction
timeFrame: 6 months after biliary metalic stent
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Duration of metalic stent patency
timeFrame: 6 months after biliary metalic stent
measure: Incidence of further procedures
timeFrame: 6 months after biliary metalic stent
measure: Adverse events related with aspirin
timeFrame: 6 months after biliary metalic stent
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Seoul
country: Korea, Republic of
facility: Seoul National University Hospital
state: Jongno-gu
Study officials:
affiliation: Seoul National University Hospital
name: Woo Hyun Paik, MD, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Choi JH, Paik WH, You MS, Lee KJ, Choi YH, Shin BS, Lee SH, Ryu JK, Kim YT. Aspirin for metal stent in malignant distal common bile duct obstruction (AIMS): study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2020 Jan 30;21(1):120. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-4083-z.