Trial protocol: a randomised controlled trial to verify the non-inferiority of a partially covered self-expandable metal stent to an uncovered self-expandable metal stent for biliary drainage during neoadjuvant therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer with obstructive jaundice (PUN-NAC trial)

Trial protocol: a randomised controlled trial to verify the non-inferiority of a partially covered self-expandable metal stent to an uncovered self-expandable metal stent for biliary drainage during neoadjuvant therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer with obstructive jaundice (PUN-NAC trial)

Introduction Neoadjuvant chemotherapy or neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NAC/NACRT) for resectable/borderline resectable pancreatic cancers was recently performed to improve clinical outcomes and led to good results, although it remains controversial whether NAC/NACRT is beneficial for resectable pan...

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Main Authors: Naoya Sakamoto, Shin Kato, Takuji Iwashita, Makoto Yoshida, Hideki Kamada, Shinichi Hashimoto, Kazumichi Kawakubo, Yusuke Mizukami, Hirotoshi Ishiwatari, Kazuya Sugimori, Hiroyuki Inoue, Masahiro Itonaga, Yusuke Nomura, Akio Katanuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/7/e045698.full

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