Active clinical trials for "Pancreatitis, Chronic"

The main reason for this research study is to find out more about acute recurrent pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis in children. There are few studies on childhood pancreatitis, so diagnosis and treatment are based on adult studies. This limits our understanding and treatment of these disorders in children. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a tool used to assess and diagnose pancreatic disease. We can use ultrasound with shear wave elastography (SWE) to measure fibrosis (scarring) of the pancreas. We can use SWE on both EUS and transabdominal ultrasound (TUS) systems. Both TUS and EUS SWE have been studied for diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis in adult patients, however they have not been studied in children. We plan to use EUS SWE and TUS SWE information in this study to help us understand pancreatitis in children. Children with pancreatitis and children without pancreatitis (controls) will be invited to participate in this study.

Sarcopenia is a complex multifactorial syndrome which could be present in older age (primary sarcopenia) or earlier in chronic disease (secondary sarcopenia). Evidence of the prevalence and incidence of sarcopenia in chronic pancreatitis is lacking, as well as studies which correlate sarcopenia to evolution of chronic pancreatitis.The main aim of this study is to evaluate whole body composition, sarcopenia, dynamic force tests, laboratory data at different stages of chronic pancreatitis. The accuracy of bioimpedance analysis and muscle ultrasound in the diagnosis of sarcopenia will also be assessed.

The long-term goal of our PIC is to develop effective strategies that can be applied clinically at the point-of-care to prevent, intercept, or detect PDAC at an early stage, thereby reducing PDAC burden and saving lives.

Early detection of pre-cancerous lesions or early stage pancreatic cancer seems to have a positive impact in survival for patients with an increased genetic risk to develop pancreas cancer. In this study, following the indication of the swedish guidelines, consecutive patients with a family history for pancreas cancer underwent a clinical surveillance Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) based. The results of this study were analyzed looking in the patients files collected during the screening period.

This registry aims to analyze long-term outcomes of therapeutic EUS (T-EUS) procedures, as well as to describe clinical and technical variables potentially predicting clinical success or adverse events, for a better selection of ideal candidates.

This study is a prospective study designed to assess the effect of pancreatic endotherapy on quality of life, pain levels, pancreatic exocrine function, and endocrine function.

This study will compare the efficacy of ESWL and Laser Lithotripsy in the treatment of pancreatic duct stones with ERCP.

The main objective of this study is to generate real-world evidence reflecting the experience of individuals with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) due to chronic pancreatitis (CP). Efforts will be directed toward understanding the unmet need and therapeutic burden to identify the most critical factors that influence treatment choices/prescribing patterns, quality of life, and healthcare utilization outcomes in standard of care for individuals with EPI due to CP.

ITARECIPE is a multicenter national registry designed to study the diagnosis and evolution of Chronic Pancreatitis

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is characterised by recurrent abdominal pain. The pathological hallmarks of CP is pancreatic stellate cell activation that results in persistent inflammation and progressive fibrosis. It has been shown in various clinical and experimental studies that with disease progression there could be pancreatic neural inflammation, spinal sensitization and eventually alteration in the pain modulating architecture within the brain (widespread sensitization). These events result in different types of pain (nociceptive and neuropathic) in patients with CP, which may dynamically change during disease progression. Since the treatment for different mechanisms are unique, it becomes important to identify the predominant type of pain. Recently, pancreatic quantitative sensory testing (P-QST) has emerged as a valuable tool to identify different types of sensitization. This facility is currently available only in select centers and is being conducted under research protocols. In this study, we propose to: 1. evaluate the patterns of pain in CP and the triggers; 2. identify clinical surrogates of sensitization, i.e. neuropathic pain. The ultimate goal is to apply the best possible pain management strategy based on our research findings for patients with CP in a personalised manner.