View clinical trials related to Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis.
Filter by:Severe acute pancreatitis (AP) is a pathology with high morbidity and mortality. Portosplenomesenteric vein thrombosis is a well-known local complication of AP with a variable incidence, which can reach up to 50% in case of severe AP. However, there is no specific recommendation regarding the management of Portosplenomesenteric vein thrombosis. By analogy to all venous thrombosis, the European Society of Gastroenterology recommends curative anticoagulation. However, the efficacy of curative anticoagulation has never been evaluated by prospective studies. In addition, bleeding complications during AP occur in approximately 10% of patients and are associated with a poor prognosis. The investigators wish to conduct an observational multi-center study with epidemiologic aims, including all patients admitted for AP and with a diagnosis of portosplenomesenteric vein thrombosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic management of these patients, the efficacy and safety of anticoagulant treatment for the treatment of Portosplenomesenteric vein thrombosis, and their outcomes.
Introduction: Walled off necrosis (WON) is defined as a well circumscribed pancreatic and/or peri pancreatic necrosis containing a variable amount of necrotic tissue. WON usually occurs >4 weeks after onset of necrotizing pancreatitis. It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality especially if infected. Symptomatic WON should be drained either percutaneously, endoscopically or surgically. Minimal invasive approaches are being increasingly used for effective management of WON as it is associated with less adverse events. Various recent studies have shown that endoscopic approach have improved clinical outcome, less hospital stay and lower cost compared to surgical approach. Endoscopic ultrasound guided drainage of WON with either plastic stents or lumen apposing metal stents (LAMS) is mainstay of WON management. A systemic review based on retrospective comparative studies showed no difference regarding treatment success for WON by plastic or metal stents6. However, metal stent had shorter procedure time. A Single center RCT from USA comparing LAMS vs multiple plastic stents for WON has shown that except shorter procedure duration, there was no significant difference in treatment outcomes. To minimize LAMS related adverse events, it should be removed within 3 weeks. However, in the same study 25.8% patients of LAMS group and 55.2% patients of plastic stent group underwent additional intervention within 72 hours for persistent symptoms. Larger diameter, specific stent designs to reduce adverse events should have better outcome with LAMS as compared to plastic stents. Primary outcome of this single center randomized controlled trial is to examine whether dedicated NAGI bi-flanged metal stents (BFMS) are superior to plastic stent in terms of short term and long term success. Aims and Hypothesis: The aim of the current study is to study whether NAGI BFMS are superior to plastic stent in terms of short term and long term success in the EUS guided drainage of WON. The investigators hypothesize that the clinical success with NAGI BFMS would be better than plastic stents in the EUS guided drainage of WON.