Acute Pancreatitis and Acute Fluid Collections

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Pancreatitis
• Interventions: Procedure: Catheter drainage; Drug: Conservative treatment

• Registration Number: NCT00786929
• Lead Sponsor: University Medical Center, Tuzla

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if percutaneous drainage of sterile fluid collections recurring after initial aspiration in acute pancreatitis yielded better results than their conservative management.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-03
• Primary Completion: 2007-02
• Study Completion: 2007-12
• Status Verified: 2008-11
• Study First Submitted: 2008-11-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-11-05
• Study First Posted: 2008-11-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-02-03
• Last Update Posted: 2009-02-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 63

Inclusion Criteria

• Symptoms and signs of acute pancreatitis and if pancreatic or/and peripancreatic fluid collections were confirmed by ultrasound and computed tomography examination

Exclusion Criteria

• Collections resulting from pancreatic surgery, chronic pancreatitis and encapsulated collections and collections with uncertainty about the relationship between the collections and clinical symptoms and signs of acute pancreatitis were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
drainage	Catheter drainage	-
2	Conservative treatment	Conservative treatment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Conversion to more aggressive procedure	Sep 2007

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of patients turning culture positive, length of hospital stay, catheter dwell time, catheter problems and changes per patient	Oct 2007

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Clinical Center; 🇧🇦 Tuzla, TK, Bosnia and Herzegovina