Active clinical trials for "Pancreatitis"

The purpose of this study is to develop a minimally invasive test to diagnose pancreatic cancer at early stages of disease and monitor response to treatment.

To evaluate pulmonary function in chronic pancreatitis compared with healthy volunteers and patients with cirrhosis.

Multiple risk factors have been linked with post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis (PEP); therefore, it is critical to follow strategies to reduce associated risk, morbidity, and mortality. However, there are also factors, such as pancreatic duct stenting, which have shown evidence of PEP prevention. The investigators pursue to compare plastic vs biodegradable pancreatic stents in the prevention of PEP.

The goal of this prospective observational study is to explore the role of the gut microbiome in patients with gallstone disease. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: if there is a relationship between the gut microbiome and the development of complications associated with gallstone disease (such as pancreatitis and acute cholecystitis) if there are changes in the gut microbiome following cholecystectomy and the relationship with patient outcomes. Participants will be asked to provide stool samples at fixed time points (recruitment, pre- and post-cholecystectomy if applicable and at 6 months and 3 years. They will also be asked to provide stool samples if they represent to hospital with complications associated with their gallstone disease.

This prospective validation study aims to investigate the incidence of PPAP after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) by applying the ISGPS definition and grading system, to demonstrate its clinical impact by examining associated postoperative outcomes, and to validate its applicability through an economic assessment.

This study aims to explore whether regular telephone intervention in patients with chronic pancreatitis can improve their smoking cessation rate.

Patients with chronic pancreatitis suffer from constant debilitating symptoms. They have complex needs and require specialist, multi-disciplinary care. The investigators have developed a mobile phone app for patients with chronic pancreatitis, called the SmartCP app - the first app of its kind for this patient group. What is SmartCP? SmartCP is an app that allows patients to log daily symptoms, diet, and physical activity for review at clinic. It creates a red-alert for action if there are worsening symptoms. A Monthly-Check-In feature looks for symptoms of new diabetes or pancreatic cancer. SmartCP provides education on every aspect of pancreatitis, as well as contact information for the clinical team and for important pancreatitis resources. To develop SmartCP, the investigators established a multidisciplinary steering committee. The study The investigators aim to conduct a feasibility study to determine if the SmartCP app is feasible in the management of patients with chronic pancreatitis, complementing current specialist healthcare. Specifically, they will investigate acceptability, retention, incidents, resources, app user statistics, as well as investigating the occurrence of crisis events, symptoms, escalating symptoms, new diagnoses of diabetes or pancreatic cancer, and the use of communication and education features.

To explore the risk factors influencing glycemic status, optimized treatment, and prognosis of post-chronic pancreatitis diabetes mellitus (PPDM-C).

This is a long-term safety follow-up study of the Phase I/IIa multicenter study of SCM-AGH in subjects with moderate to severe acute pancreatitis. subjects will be followed up for a maximum period of 240 weeks after the first dose of investigational product. Only subjects previously enrolled in protocol SCM-APT2001 (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04189419) will be eligible for this long-term follow-up protocol.

Biliary obstruction complicates the course of chronic pancreatitis in 3%-23% of patients and in these cases, endoscopy and surgery are the treatment modalities of choice. Morbid-mortality of these procedures is similar and physicians face the decision between endoscopy and surgery for this group of patients, with no randomized controlled trial available comparing these procedures. The PASTEC trial is a multicenter, phase III, randomized, comparing the effectiveness of surgical and endoscopic interventions in the management of bile duct stricture for chronic pancreatitis. The primary end point is 18-months normalization of serum alkaline phosphatase. Secondary end points are morbid-mortality rate, quality of life, numbers of endoscopic or surgical procedures, length of stay. Eighty-six patients need to be included.