Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Long-term Outcome
- Conditions
- Autoimmune Pancreatitis10015674
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 95
The following patients are eligible for the study:
• All patients diagnosed with AIP according to the ICDC, Asian or HISORT criteria or based on post-surgery histology, a combination of unexplained pancreatic disease, biliary disease/extrapancreatic manifestations and either response to steroids or IgG4-positive serology.
•At least known for more than 2 years with a diagnosis of AIP
•Age > 18 years
•Signed informed consent
The following patients are excluded from the study:
•Subjects who are unwilling or unable to understand the study and sign the informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>To determine the prevalence of exocrine and endocrine insufficiency in AIP<br /><br>patients.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>To evaluate the following aspects of long-term outcome in AIP patients:<br /><br>i. Mortality and cause of death<br /><br>ii. Treatment over time: steroids, other drugs, response and relapses<br /><br>iii. Extrapancreatic manifestations of AIP/IgG4-related disease<br /><br>iv. Malignancy<br /><br>v. Morphology (including changes over time in case multiple imaging sets are<br /><br>available) of the pancreas on imaging<br /><br>vi. Quality of life</p><br>