A Quality of Life Study in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Biliary Drainage

Status:	Recruiting
Conditions:	Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:	Oncology
Healthy:	No
Age Range:	18 - Any
Updated:	12/22/2018
Start Date:	September 11, 2018
End Date:	September 2020
Contact:	Piera Cote Robson, MSN, CNS, NP
Email:	robsonp@mskcc.org
Phone:	212-639-7751

Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Biliary Drainage For Malignant Biliary Obstruction

The purpose of this study is to compare the participant's health-related quality of life
before and after the biliary drainage procedure. The study will also help us learn whether
having a drainage catheter or a stent placed during the procedure makes a difference in the
participant's quality of life.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with known malignancy presenting for treatment of biliary obstruction

- Undergoing initial Interventional Radiology PBD procedure

- Fluent in English to enable instrument completion

- At least18 years of age

- Must be physically and mentally capable of completing instruments

- Must be able to comprehend and execute informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients will be excluded if:

- Indication for drainage is acute, symptomatic cholangitis requiring an emergent
procedure

- Previous PBD procedure

- Presence of an indwelling biliary stent

- Medical or psychiatric condition that, in the judgment of the consenting professional,
prevents appropriate comprehension and execution of either the informed consent or the
study instruments

We found this trial at

sites

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

1275 York Ave
New York, New York 10021

(212) 639-2000