Endoscopic Stenting for Chronic Abdominal Pain

Leigh Powell

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Pancreatitis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00754676

5K24DK070629-05 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

F040924005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The prospective sham randomized study will evaluate the role of endoscopic stenting inpatients with chronic pancreatitis and chronic abdominal pain.

Full description

Endoscopic stenting is increasingly used for the treatment of a variety of pancreatic disorders. Although a number of studies suggest that pancreatic stenting relieves abdominal pain in approximately 70% of patients, there has been no randomized study. Since any intervention may improve pain, the effectiveness of endoscopy cannot be ascertained without a true placebo arm or sham therapy group.

The study will aim to determine the effectiveness of pancreatic stents in relieving chronic pain in the setting of chronic pancreatitis. Since these procedures do carry risk, a placebo controlled fashion is used for this study

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients referred to the principal investigator for chronic pancreatitis will be enrolled.

Exclusion criteria

• There are no gender nor racial exclusion.