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RecruitingNCT06277531ECCBILEUpdated May 28, 2025

Evaluation of diagnostiC Capacity of eccDNAs as Biomarkers in Indetermined biLiary Stricture(ECCBILE)

An observational study in Biliary Stricture, Bile Duct Cancer and Pancreas Cancer, sponsored by Peking University Third Hospital. Recruiting at 2 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-28.

Sponsored by Peking University Third Hospital · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jul 2025, 1 year 4 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Mar 2024; still recruiting 2 years 8 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
99
Ages
18 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 24 studies in Bile Duct Neoplasms with a site in China — 12 open to participants now, 13 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Bile Duct Neoplasms · China.

Started
2024
with 2 others
Observational
5 of 24
2 open now
Primary completion
2025-07
later than 2 of 12 live
Registered
19th of 24
by date

Among the 24 studies in Bile Duct Neoplasms with a site in China, this one is one of 3 that started in 2024, is one of 5 observational ones, reaches primary completion later than 2 of the 12 other live ones, and was the 19th registered.

Bile Duct Neoplasms

254 studies on the registry are indexed under Bile Duct Neoplasms; 44 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

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Who these studies take

Of the 36 Bile Duct Neoplasms studies recruiting now, 21 (58%) set no upper age limit and 6 (17%) stop at 75 or younger; 1 takes children under 18; 2 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 85 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

Biliary stricture is mainly malignant in the adults and caused by several types of fatal malignancies such as pancreatic cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, and metastatic tumor, which have poor prognosis that the overall survival of unresectable lesions is no more than 15 months. The poor outcome often relates to a lack of reliable strategies for early diagnosis, which results in most patients with malignant biliary stricture being already advanced-stage disease at presentation. Therefore, it is critical to discover novel and effective strategies for the early diagnosis of malignant biliary strictures.

Brush cytology and biopsy during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are the main methods for recognizing malignant diseases of the bile duct, but their sensitivity is relatively low, 45% and 48.1%, respectively. Even when combined with other biomarkers like carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), their sensitivity is still less than 80%.

In the previous study, the investigators found that bcf-eccDNA has excellent diagnostic value in predicting uncertain bile duct stricture, and the sensitivity and specificity of a related eccDNA in 40 samples are 80.8% and 100%. The sensitivity and specificity of another eccDNA were 92.3% and 92.9%, respectively. However, the sample size is still relatively small, and further prospective studies are needed to evaluate its diagnostic efficacy.

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Conditions studied

  • Biliary Stricture
  • Bile Duct Cancer
  • Pancreas Cancer

Keywords

  • Malignant Biliary Stricture
  • Cell-Free Extrachromosomal Circular DNA (eccDNA)
  • Liquid-Biopsies Assay
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients are suspected indetermined biliary strictures

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients is suspected indetermined biliary strictures
  • Patients have the indication for ERCP

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • ERCP failed, or can not obtain bile
  • Sever comorbidities
  • Predicted overall survival less than 1 year because of other disease
  • Patients who are unlikely to comply with the protocol, inability to return for subsequent visits
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
99 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
1 Year
Patient registry
Yes
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient is diagnosed with malignant disease from biliary system

    Malignant tumor is confirmed by histopathology or cytopathology. If the pathology is unclear or inaccessible, 2 gastroenterologists will finally confirm the diagnosis of the bile duct stricture after 1 year follow-up.

    Time frame: in one year

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Mar 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jul 2025, 16 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 19, 2024
First posted
Feb 26, 2024
StartActual
Mar 1, 2024
Primary completionEst.
Jul 1, 2025
CompletionEst.
Jul 1, 2026
Last update
May 28, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 28, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06277531
Collaborators
Beijing Tsinghua Changgeng Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 26, 2024
Start date
Mar 1, 2024
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 1, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
May 28, 2025

Study contacts

Yonghui Huang, M.D
Contact
13911765322@163.com
+86-13911765322
Yonghui Huang
principal investigator · Peking University Third Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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