Timing of CHolecystectomy In Severe PAncreatitis

Acute Pancreatitis Clinical Trial

— CHISPA  

Official title:

Timing of CHolecystectomy In Severe PAncreatitis (CHISPA): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06113419
• Other study ID #: 2022-26-02B
• Secondary ID: DVO005 2456-CV16
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2024
• Est. completion date: December 2026

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Hospital Universitario Mayor Méderi
• Contact: Camilo Ramírez-Giraldo, MD
• Phone: +5773206770474
• Email: ramirezgiraldocamilo[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare outcomes for interval or early laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with moderately severe and severe pancreatitis. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

• To establish whether there is a difference in surgical outcomes comparing patients diagnosed with severe or moderately severe pancreatitis on which early cholecystectomy was performed versus performing interval cholecystectomy.

• The primary endpoint will be to evaluate major complications, defined as a Clavien-Dindo score greater than or equal to III/V.

• Secondary endpoints include evaluating minor complications (defined as a Clavien-Dindo score below III/V), biliary disease recurrence, mortality, postoperative hospital stay and postoperative admittance into an intensive care unit.

Participants will be randomly assigned to either group: early cholecystectomy during the pancreatitis hospitalization or interval cholecystectomy scheduled 4 weeks after clinical resolution of pancreatitis.

Description:

CHISPA is a randomized controlled, parallel-group, superiority clinical trial. An intention- to-treat analysis will be performed. It seeks to evaluate differences between patients taken to early cholecystectomy during hospital admission (72 hours after randomization) versus delayed cholecystectomy (30 +/- 5 days after randomization). Primary endpoint is major complications associated to laparoscopic cholecystectomy defined as a Clavien-Dindo score of over III/V during the first 90 days after the procedure. Secondary endpoints include recurrence of biliary disease, mortality, minor complications (Clavien-Dindo score below III/V), days of postoperative hospital stay, and days admitted in an intensive care unit postoperatively.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 134
• Est. completion date: December 2026
• Est. primary completion date: May 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age =18 years, diagnosis of pancreatitis according to Atlanta guidelines, moderately severe or severe pancreatitis (APACHE score =8 on admittance)

• Biliary pancreatitis diagnosed on imaging (be it ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and/or tomography)

• Recovery of pancreatitis by tolerance of oral intake (defined as 24 hours of food consumption of any consistency without emetic episodes and pain defined as 4/10 on the visual analogue score of pain) and written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy

• History of cholecystectomy

• Planned open cholecystectomy

• Pancreatitis-associated complication before laparoscopic cholecystectomy (compartment syndrome, bleeding and/or need for peripancreatic collection drainage)

• Chronic pancreatitis,

• More than one episode of pancreatitis

• Active malignant disease

• Septic shock

• Choledocholithiasis not resolved by ERCP, post-ERCP perforation and post-ERCP concomitant pancreatitis.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Pancreatitis
• Cholecystolithiasis
• Cholelithiasis
• Gallstones
• Pancreatitis

Intervention

Procedure:
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy will be performed using the standard American 4-port technique, insufflation will be achieved using CO2 to 15mmHg of pressure. Calot's triangle will be dissected until the critical view of safety is reached, being careful to dissect above the R4U line. After reaching the critical view of safety, two proximal and one distal clip will be placed on both the cystic conduct and artery separately, cutting the clips and then dissecting the gallbladder in a cystfundic direction. When the critical view of safety is not reached, the surgeon may perform a fundus-first cholecystectomy, subtotal cholecystectomy, conversion to open procedure, intraoperative cholangiography or cholecystostomy to their own discretion. It will also be the surgeon's criteria to employ or not a drain system in the surgical site. The decision for theses interventions will be taken intraoperatively and will be according to findings during the procedure.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospital Universitario Mayor Méderi	Universidad del Rosario

References & Publications (16)

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Prasanth J, Prasad M, Mahapatra SJ, Krishna A, Prakash O, Garg PK, Bansal VK. Early Versus Delayed Cholecystectomy for Acute Biliary Pancreatitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World J Surg. 2022 Jun;46(6):1359-1375. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06501-4. Epub 2022 Mar 19. — View Citation

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* Note: There are 16 references in all — Click here to view all references

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Major complications (rates)	Clavien-Dindo score III in patients with moderately severe and severe acute pancreatitis of biliary origin taken to early vs interval cholecystectomy	90 days
Primary	Major complications (rates)	Clavien-Dindo score IV in patients with moderately severe and severe acute pancreatitis of biliary origin taken to early vs interval cholecystectomy	90 days
Primary	Major complications (rates)	Clavien-Dindo score V in patients with moderately severe and severe acute pancreatitis of biliary origin taken to early vs interval cholecystectomy	90 days
Secondary	Recurrence (rates)	Biliary disease recurrence defined as a new admission for recurrent pancreatitis, cholecystitis, cholangitis, choledocholithiasis, need fro ERCP or biliary colic previous to the surgical procedure until 90 postoperative days after it	90 days
Secondary	Mortality (rates)	Determine differences in mortality between patients with moderately severe and severe acute pancreatitis of biliary origin taken to early vs interval cholecystectomy	90 days
Secondary	Postoperative hospital stay length (days; median)	Compare differences in postoperative hospital stay length (general) in patients with moderately severe and severe acute pancreatitis of biliary origin taken to early vs interval cholecystectomy	90 days
Secondary	Minor complications (rates)	Clavien-Dindo score I-II in patients with moderately severe and severe acute pancreatitis of biliary origin taken to early vs interval cholecystectomy	90 days
Secondary	Postoperative stay length in the ICU (days; median)	Compare differences in postoperative stay length in the ICU in patients with moderately severe and severe acute pancreatitis of biliary origin taken to early vs interval cholecystectomy	90 days