Surgeons try super glue to seal bile leaks after liver parasite surgery
NCT ID NCT06612229
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a new surgical technique for people with liver echinococcosis (a parasitic infection) who develop bile leaks after surgery. The method uses a special medical glue to seal the leak, aiming to reduce complications and speed up recovery. Researchers will track how often leaks close and how much treatment costs, involving 200 participants in Uzbekistan.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- medical cyanoacrylate glue
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a safer, more effective way to repair bile leaks during liver surgery for echinococcosis, reducing complications and recovery time.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center study with no control group, so results may not apply broadly. The glue technique is new and may carry risks like infection or failure to stop the leak.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 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: * Age under 18 years; * Informed consent for inclusion in the study; * The presence of liver echinococcosis, for which conservative surgical treatment will be performed; * The presence of the entire spectrum of necessary preoperative diagnostic measures; * A full description of all stages of surgical intervention, indicating the type of intervention (open or laparoscopic surgery, location and size of the echinococcal cyst in the liver, type of antiparasitic treatment, presence or absence of a biliary fistula in the residual cavity, actions taken in relation to the fistula, the option of eliminating the residual cavity and drainage; * Availability of objective data on the characteristics of the postoperative course, including dynamic indicators of the patient\'s condition, temperature, amount and nature of discharge through the drainage, the time of drainage removal, the type of complications (if any) and the method of their treatment, the duration of the hospital period, data on the characteristics of the posthospital period up to 3 months of observation; * Absence of concomitant pathology that may affect the outcome of the surgery. Exclusion Criteria: * Age under 18 years; * Refusal to participate in the study; * Extrahepatic echinococcosis without liver damage; * Absence of the full range of preoperative diagnostic data; * Difficulties with objective analysis of the features of the performed surgical treatment; * Incomplete data on monitoring the postoperative hospital and remote (up to 3 months) period; * The presence of concomitant pathology that may affect the outcome of the operation.
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Conditions
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Locations
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Republican specialized scientific and practical medical center of surgery named after academician V.Vakhidov
RECRUITINGTashkent, 100000, Uzbekistan
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