Timing is everything: new study tests best window for gallbladder surgery after drainage
NCT ID NCT07161960
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at 64 adults with moderate to severe gallbladder inflammation who had a drainage tube placed. It compares removing the gallbladder early (during the same hospital stay) versus waiting over 6 weeks. The goal is to see which timing leads to fewer complications and shorter hospital stays.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 64 people
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- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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20 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * The patients are diagnosed moderate or severe from of acute cholecystitis according to Tokyo Guideline 2018. * PCC insertion was performed by body interventionists or surgeons. * Laparoscopic cholecystectomy will be performed in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Lampang Hospital and Phrae Hospital. * Age equal or more than 20 years-old Exclusion Criteria: * The patients that suspected CBD stone and need to undergo EUS / ERCP. * Coincidence perihepatic abscess or liver abscess * The patients with active or severe underlying disease, whom specialists suggest to postpone an operation.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University 110 Inthawarorot Road, Sri Phum, Mueang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
RECRUITINGChiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
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