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Bile acid pill may shrink gallbladder polyps, study hopes

NCT ID NCT06278090

Disease control Sponsor: Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study looks at whether ursodeoxycholic acid, a bile acid pill, can reduce the size of gallbladder polyps in 36 patients. The goal is to see if the treatment can help patients avoid surgery or frequent follow-up scans. Participants take the pill daily for at least six months, and their polyp size is tracked over a year.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
ursodeoxycholic acid
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a non-surgical way to manage gallbladder polyps and reduce unnecessary follow-ups.
What could go wrong
This is a small observational study, not a randomized trial, so results may be less reliable. The treatment may not shrink polyps for everyone.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 36 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Mar 2024

Expected to finish

Jul 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Consecutive patients referred for an outpatient consultation to the Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology due to gallbladder polyps.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with gallbladder polyps eligible for standard follow up (without indication for cholecystectomy or patient decline surgery or polyps \< 5mm without risk factors such as age\>60 years, primary sclerosing cholangitis, asian ethnicity, sessile polypoid lesion) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with gallbladder polyps that received ursodeoxycolic acid doses lower than 10mg/kg/day

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

polyp of gallbladder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Gallbladder polyp

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hospital Universitario General de Villalba

    Collado Villalba, Madrid, 28400, Spain

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