NCT00501176.

Trial name or title	Randomized study comparing the effect of plastic stents to that of expandable metal stents as preoperative
Methods	Allocation: Randomized Control: Active control Endpoint classification: Efficacy study Intervention model: Parallel assignment Masking: Open label Primary purpose: Treatment
Participants	The primary inclusion criteria are people with operable periampullary cancer and jaundice who have not previously undergone bile flow drainage
Interventions	Procedure: primary ERCP and secondary Whipple
Outcomes	Intraoperative measurement of the inflammatory reaction in the liver, hepatoduodenal ligament, and around the bile ducts with biopsies and culture from the bile. Stent dysfunction and cholangitis after ERCP and preoperative bile flow relief. Postoperative complications. Time in the hospital. Cost. Quality of life analysis
Starting date	July 2007
Contact information	Farshad Frozanpor Email: farshad.frozanpor@sodersjukhuset.se
Notes	ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00501176 http://www.clinicaltrial.gov/ct2/show/NCT00501176?term=pancreaticod This trial is still recruiting. We have emailed for details but have not received a reply. Last updated: 11 June 2014