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NCT Number: NCT03708445

Development of a New Immunochemistry Method Using Antibodies of Proteins Related Bile Duct Cancer

The sensitivity of brushing cytology used to distinguish the cause of biliary strictures is low and clinical usefulness is not secured. The aim of this study was to develop a new differential staining method for cytology which is difficult to differentiate by the conventional staining method using biliary cancer related protein expressed only in bile duct cancer.

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Key information

Age range

19 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHA Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, Bundang-gu, South Korea

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About this study

Hypothesis: The statistical significance of new staining method using aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) group in normal bile duct cells and the bile duct cancer cells collected by endoscopic retrograde pancreaticoduodenoscopy (ERCP) will be compared to prove the usefulness of the new staining method.

Clinical study design: The bile duct cytology will be obtained by brushing cytology using ERCP in patients with biliary stenosis. The expression of ARSs in the brushing cytology will be evaluated by new staining method and compare with the results of conventional cytology staining method including Papanicolaou staining. Immunofluorescence or immunohistochemistry staining will be performed to differentiate the presence of the tumor. The sensitivity and specificity of the new staining method will be compared with the conventional staining method and its usefulness be confirmed.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with biliary cancer confirmed by imaging (CT, MRI, positron emission tomography)
  • Patients with bile duct cancer diagnosed using brushing cytology by endoscopic retrograde pancreaticoduodenoscopy
  • Patients who underwent surgical treatment with biliary cancer
  • Patients with bile duct stenosis

Exclusion criteria

  • Minors under the age of 19, vulnerable subjects such as illiteracy
  • Necrotic specimens
  • Samples with non-diagnostic cytology results and insufficient cells for further evaluation
  • Samples classified as neoplastic (benign or other)
  • Patient with cholangitis in the bile duct

Treatment and study plan

Cytology staining

Diagnostic Test

Two staining will be performed in cytology specimens obtained from same patient. The cytology specimen will be obtained through brushing cytology using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

  • conventional cytology staining method
  • new cytology staining method using antibody of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Primary outcomes

  1. The usefulness of new staining method

    Time frame: 1 year

    The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy of new staining method will be compared with th conventional Pap staining of brushing cytology specimens.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Gangnam Severance Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Registry information

Official study title

Development of a New Immunochemistry Method Using Antibodies of Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases Group and Aminoacyl-transfer Ribonucleic Acid Synthetases-interacting Multifunctional protein2 Lacking Exon 2 in the Bile Duct Cancer Cell; Multicenter Study

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Oct 17, 2018
Registry last updated
Feb 5, 2020

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