Prevalence of Pancreatic Cysts During Routine Endoscopic Ultra Sound

Indiana University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pancreatic Cysts

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01624363

0906-23

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are interested in performing a detailed examination of the pancreas via EUS (Endoscopic Ultra Sound)for patients referred for a non-pancreatic condition. The hypothesis is to make a statistical determination of how many pancreatic cysts the investigators discover incidentally.

Full description

The prevalence of incidental pancreatic cysts discovered during EUS. (see data tables)

Enrollment: 341 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The inclusion criteria included: patients >18 years old with decision making capacity referred for EUS for any other indication other than the evaluation of a known pancreatic cyst, solid mass, or suspected mass.

Exclusion criteria

• Any known history or evidence of the following from any previous imaging study: pancreatic cyst, solid mass, suspected pancreatic mass, dilated main pancreatic duct
• Previous surgical resection of any portion of the upper GI tract such as Billroth II that would not permit complete EUS exam of the pancreas
• Laboratory and/or clinical evidence of ongoing acute pancreatitis
• Previous pancreatic surgical resection
• Pregnancy
• Incarceration
• High risk for sedation
• Coagulopathy and/or thrombocytopenia
• The patients underwent a complete EUS examination of the pancreas.

Trial design

341 participants in 1 patient group

Patients undergoing EUS

Description:

Patients undergoing EUS for non-pancreatic treatment.