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Natural Course and Therapeutic Effect of Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis

Recruiting
Conditions
Cohort Study
Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis
Interventions
Combination Product: endoscopic intervention, surgery or conservative treatment
Registration Number
NCT06355206
Lead Sponsor
Changhai Hospital
Brief Summary

The goal of this observational cohort study is to learn about the etiology, natural course, therapeutic effect and outcome of recurrent acute pancreatitis patients. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does endoscopic intervention, surgery or conservative treatment reduce the recurrence of acute pancreatitis? What are the risk factors affecting the recurrence of acute pancreatitis?

Patients will be closely followed and clinical information will be recorded.

Detailed Description

Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common causes of acute hospital admission, which is unpredictable and contributes to high health-care costs even death. Recurrent acute pancreatitis is defined as two or more discrete episodes of acute pancreatitis, and has an estimated annual incidence of 8-10 per 100 000. Cholelithiasis, alcohol and Hyperglyceremia are the most commonly recognized causes of acute pancreatitis. About 80% of RAP patients can be identified through routine investigations identify (include proper history, physical examination, CT, MRI, endoscopic ultrasound); however, in up to 20% of cases whose cause remains unclear are known as idiopathic RAP. For RAP patients with clear cause, removal of the cause can effectively reduce or prevent recurrence. For patients with idiopathic RAP, the treatment options are not clear and have been subject to debate. At present, the natural course, outcome and therapeutic effect of RAP is still not clear. Therefore, the prospective cohort can clarify the clinical characteristics of RAP more comprehensively and deeply and to accumulate evidence for treatment.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2000
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with recurrent acute pancreatitis.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Unwilling or unable to provide consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
recurrent acute pancreatitisendoscopic intervention, surgery or conservative treatmentRecurrent acute pancreatitis is generally defined as a condition in which at least two well documented episodes of acute pancreatitis have occurred, with resolution of symptoms between each episode, and absence of morphological criteria for chronic pancreatitis.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Recurrence rate of acute pancreatitisThrough study completion, an average of 1 year

Acute pancreatitis is diagnosed according to the revised Atlanta classification, which requires 2 of the 3 following criteria: (1) abdominal pain suggestive of pancreatitis, (2) serum amylase and/or lipase greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal, (3) and crosssectional imaging (CT or MRI) findings consistent with acute pancreatitis.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Evaluation of quality of lifeThrough study completion, an average of 3 year

The level of quality of life in RAP patients is measured using the SF-36.

Evaluation of psychological conditionThrough study completion, an average of 3 year

The psychological condition of RAP patients is measured using DASS-21.

Proportion of patients wtih pain in RAP patientsThrough study completion, an average of 3 year

Collect relevant data through pain assessment scales which include severity, frequency, time of duration and other characteristics of pancreatic pain.

Proportion of patients with different treatmentThrough study completion, an average of 1 year

Treatment mainly contains conservative treatment, surgery, endoscopic intervention, etc. Collect relevant data through medical record.

Proportion of patients with chronic pancreatitisThrough study completion, an average of 3 year

Proportion of patients who developed chronic pancreatitis.

Characteristics of acute pancreatitisThrough study completion, an average of 1 year

Collect relevant data through medical record. Characteristics of acute pancreatitis includ etiology, frequency, severity and length of hospital.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Changhai Hospital

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Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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