Status:

RECRUITING

Timing of Necrosectomy After Endoscopic Drainage of Walled-off Pancreatic Necrosis (WON)

Lead Sponsor:

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Conditions:

Pancreatic Necrosis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WON) is associated with a mortality of 20-30%. The current evidence supports a minimally invasive drainage approach to infected WON. The current suggested approach in i...

Detailed Description

INTRODUCTION Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common gastrointestinal diseases requiring emergency admissions to the hospital. 10-20% of these patients develop pancreatic necrosis and subsequent ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult (≥18 years of age) patients
  • Diagnosis of walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WON) based on imaging criteria based on the revised Atlanta classification5
  • Documented history of acute pancreatitis
  • Suspected or confirmed infected WON and/or symptomatic WON causing (i) persistent pancreatic-type pain, and/or ii) gastric outlet or biliary obstruction, and/or (iii) ongoing systemic illness, anorexia, and weight loss, and/or (iv) rapidly enlarging WONs, and/or (v) infected WON\*
  • WON identified at contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) and deemed amenable for EUS-guided drainage
  • WON with a solid component \>30% and/ or percentage of necrosis \>= 30%

Exclusion

  • Previous invasive interventions for necrotising pancreatitis
  • An acute flare up of chronic pancreatitis
  • Recurrent acute pancreatitis
  • Indicated for emergency laparotomy (i.e. abdominal compartment syndrome, perforation of a visceral organ, bleeding and bowel ischaemia)
  • Contraindications to endoscopic drainage: previous total gastrectomy, gastric bypass surgery, prior surgery for pancreas-related diseases
  • WON not adherent to the GI wall or not accessible for endoscopic drainage
  • Coagulopathy (INR \>1.5), and/or thrombocytopenia (platelets \<50,000/mm3)
  • Pregnancy

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 30 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

108 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05252897

Start Date

February 1 2022

End Date

June 30 2026

Last Update

March 9 2022

Active Locations (9)

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Royal Adelaide Hospital

Adelaide, Australia

2

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 0000

3

Medanta Institute Of Digestive & Hepatobiliary Sciences

Haryāna, India

4

Asian Institute of Gastroenterology

Hyderabad, India