Active clinical trials for "Pancreatitis"

Benign biliary strictures caused by chronic pancreatitis can be endoscopically treated with covered self-expandable metal stents (cSEMS).The purpose of the prospective randomized study is to define the optimal duration of stenting and the diameter of the cSEMS.

Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) is a novel investigative technique used in other pain conditions to evaluate patterns of chronic pain, and in this study will be used to elucidate pain patterns in patients with Chronic Pancreatitis (CP). QST uses a specific series of standardized stimulations to map the pain system. QST has the potential to change and improve the treatment paradigm for patients with CP and may eventually be able to predict response to invasive CP therapies.

Abdominal pain in chronic pancreatitis (CP) affects up to 90% of patients during the course of their disease, and response to currently available therapies is suboptimal and unpredictable. The proposed clinical trial will evaluate the predictive capability of Pancreatic Quantitative Sensory Testing (P-QST) - a novel assessment of neurosensory phenotyping- for improvement in pain in patients with CP who are undergoing medically-indicated invasive treatment with endoscopic therapy or surgery.

Oropharynx is the main source of pathogen microorganisms for the ventilator - associated pneumoniae. As known bacteriophages can eliminate different pathogen microorganisms or reduce a degree of a pathogen's colonization. The research team is considering that oropharyngeal decontamination with bacteriophages can prevent the developing of the ventilator - associated pneumoniae. There will be three groups in this investigation: placebo, antiseptic drug (Octenisept) and bacteriophage (Sexthaphag).

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare rectal indomethacin alone versus combined pancreatic duct stenting and rectal indomethacin in prevention of post ERCP pancreatitis. The main question it aims to answer is: whether rectal indomethacin alone is superior to combination of pancreatic duct stenting and rectal indomethacin in prevention of post ERCP pancreatitis Participants will be patients who give consent to the study and who are required to undergo ERCP as part of their standard care. If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare [rectal indomethacin alone versus combined pancreatic duct stenting and rectal indomethacin in prevention of post ERCP pancreatitis.] to see if [whether rectal indomethacin alone is superior to combination of pancreatic duct stenting and rectal indomethacin in prevention of post ERCP pancreatitis].

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.

Strategies for invasive intervention in acute pancreatitis include sequential or combined use of multiple drainage and debridement modalities. The more widely used is the step-up approach, which requires an individualized and multidisciplinary (internal medicine, interventional radiology, endoscopy, surgery, critical care medicine, and nutritionists) approach. The available evidence from randomized controlled studies is from highly selected subject populations, and it is unclear whether the results can be applied to complex clinical situations in real clinics, and the optimal strategy for drainage of peripancreatic lesions in different patients still needs to be evaluated in the real world. This study intends to establish a prospective single-center cohort for real-world analysis to collect comprehensive clinic information and clinical outcomes, to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of existing intervention strategies, especially the timing and modality of interventions, in real-world clinical practice, and to explore the key factors affecting patient prognosis.

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.

Mortality from severe acute pancreatitis reaches 42%. The prognosis of acute pancreatitis is associated with the development of acute inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and multiple organ failure (MOF). Due to the lack of etiological therapy, the treatment of acute pancreatitis is predominantly symptomatic. Severity and mortality are associated with early systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and septic complications at a later stage of the disease. With regard to the pronounced inflammatory response ("cytokine storm") during the early phase of endogenous intoxication of acute pancreatitis, extracorporeal removal of cytokines is a promising therapeutic approach. This prospective study examines the effect of early extracorporeal sorption of cytokines using the Efferon CT device on the severity of clinical symptoms of endogenous intoxication in acute pancreatitis and aseptic pancreatic necrosis.