PMID- 36537290 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230811 LR - 20230829 IS - 1528-1140 (Electronic) IS - 0003-4932 (Print) IS - 0003-4932 (Linking) VI - 278 IP - 3 DP - 2023 Sep 1 TI - Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Transluminal Gallbladder Drainage in Patients With Acute Cholecystitis: A Prospective Multicenter Trial. PG - e556-e562 LID - 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005784 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) using a lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS). BACKGROUND: For patients with acute cholecystitis who are poor surgical candidates, EUS-GBD using a LAMS is an important treatment alternative to percutaneous gallbladder drainage. METHODS: We conducted a regulatory-compliant, prospective multicenter trial at 7 tertiary referral centers in the United States of America and Belgium. Thirty consecutive patients with mild or moderate acute cholecystitis who were not candidates for cholecystectomy were enrolled between September 2019 and August 2021. Eligible patients had a LAMS placed transmurally with 30 to 60-day indwell if removal was clinically indicated, and 30-day follow-up post-LAMS removal. Endpoints included days until acute cholecystitis resolution, reintervention rate, acute cholecystitis recurrence rate, and procedure-related adverse events (AEs). RESULTS: Technical success was 93.3% (28/30) for LAMS placement and 100% for LAMS removal in 19 patients for whom removal was attempted. Five (16.7%) patients required reintervention. Mean time to acute cholecystitis resolution was 1.6+/-1.5 days. Acute cholecystitis symptoms recurred in 10.0% (3/30) after LAMS removal. Five (16.7%) patients died from unrelated causes. Procedure-related AEs were reported to the FDA in 30.0% (9/30) of patients, including one fatal event 21 days after LAMS removal; however, no AEs were causally related to the LAMS. CONCLUSIONS: For selected patients with acute cholecystitis who are at elevated surgical risk, EUS-GBD with LAMS is an alternative to percutaneous gallbladder drainage. It has high technical and clinical success, with low recurrence and an acceptable AE rate. Clinicaltrials.gov, Number: NCT03767881. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. FAU - Irani, Shayan S AU - Irani SS AD - Division of Gastroenterology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA. FAU - Sharma, Neil R AU - Sharma NR AD - Division of Interventional Oncology and Surgical Endoscopy (IOSE), Parkview Cancer Institute, Ft. Wayne, IN. FAU - Storm, Andrew C AU - Storm AC AD - Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. FAU - Shah, Raj J AU - Shah RJ AD - Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO. FAU - Chahal, Prabhleen AU - Chahal P AD - Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. FAU - Willingham, Field F AU - Willingham FF AD - Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. FAU - Swanstrom, Lee AU - Swanstrom L AD - IHU-Strasbourg, Institute for Image Guided Surgery, Strasbourg, France. FAU - Baron, Todd H AU - Baron TH AD - Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Director of Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. FAU - Shlomovitz, Eran AU - Shlomovitz E AD - Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Kozarek, Richard A AU - Kozarek RA AD - Division of Gastroenterology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA. FAU - Peetermans, Joyce A AU - Peetermans JA AD - Endoscopy Division, Boston Scientific Corporation, Marlborough, MA. FAU - McMullen, Edmund AU - McMullen E AD - Endoscopy Division, Boston Scientific Corporation, Marlborough, MA. FAU - Ho, Evelyne AU - Ho E AD - Endoscopy Division, Boston Scientific Corporation, Marlborough, MA. FAU - van der Merwe, Schalk W AU - van der Merwe SW AD - Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT03767881 PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221220 PL - United States TA - Ann Surg JT - Annals of surgery JID - 0372354 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Gallbladder/diagnostic imaging/surgery MH - Prospective Studies MH - Treatment Outcome MH - *Cholecystitis, Acute/diagnostic imaging/surgery MH - Endosonography MH - Drainage/adverse effects MH - Stents MH - Ultrasonography, Interventional PMC - PMC10414151 EDAT- 2022/12/21 06:00 MHDA- 2023/08/11 06:42 PMCR- 2023/08/10 CRDT- 2022/12/20 05:02 PHST- 2023/08/11 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/20 05:02 [entrez] PHST- 2023/08/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 00000658-202309000-00037 [pii] AID - ANNSURG-D-22-01574 [pii] AID - 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005784 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Surg. 2023 Sep 1;278(3):e556-e562. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005784. Epub 2022 Dec 20.