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Our aim is to compare early versus late pancreatic stent placement in preventing PEP among patients with naive papilla. The EVL trial will provide essential answers regarding the optimal timing of prophylactic pancreatic stent placement in PEP prevention.All patients with difficult biliary cannulation undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with pancreatic guidewire-assisted technique for biliary access will be told about the opportunity to participate in EVL research. In total, 768 patients will be randomly assigned (1:1) to two arms: (1) early pancreatic stent placement (EPSP) (a pancreatic stent will be placed immediately after endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) or endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST)) and (2) late pancreatic stent placement (LPSP) (a pancreatic stent will be placed after all completion of therapeutic biliary procedures, e.g. biliary stone removal or drainage).The primary outcome is the rate and severity of PEP. The secondary outcomes are hyperamylasemia, the rate of stenting success, and other ERCP-related adverse events (AEs).
The study will make a comparison between Various severity scoring systems that has been designed to assess the severity and predict prognosis in acute pancreatitis
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the biomarkers and mechanisms of severe acute pancreatitis in 30 healthy controls, 30 patients of mild acute pancreatitis, 30 patients of moderately severe acute pancreatitis, and 86 patients of severe acute pancreatitis. The main question it aims to answer are: • The relationship between changes in gut microbiota and clinical prognosis (plasma inflammatory cytokines, incidence and duration of infection in various parts, mortality rate), and the screening and validation of biomarkers that can be used for early prediction of disease severity. • Analyze the relationship between changes in blood composition and clinical prognosis (plasma inflammatory cytokines, incidence and duration of infection in various parts, mortality rate), screen and verify biomarkers that can be used for early prediction of disease severity. Blood and fecal samples from the healthy control group and diagnosed patients will be collected.
This protocol aims to test whether an infusion of allogeneic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (BM-MSCs) can reduce pain associated with chronic pancreatitis (CP) and explore potential mechanisms of MSC action.
Acute pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas which causes abdominal pain and is the most common gastro-intestinal reason for acute hospitalization in Western countries. Because care for patients with a mild acute pancreatitis is mostly supportive, providing this care in the home environment may be feasible with the use of remote monitoring. This might reduce the demand for hospital beds and allow patients to benefit from recovering in their home environment. Therefore, the objective of this single center study is to assess the feasibility of a novel care program in which patients with a predicted mild course of acute pancreatitis are discharged early with remote home monitoring. Patients, with a predicted mild course of acute pancreatitis. Patients with prior acute pancreatitis within 3 months or a chronic pancreatitis are excluded from participation. Patients should be ≥18 years of age. The goal is to include a total of 70 patients. After at least 48 hours of hospital admission, patients are discharged early with the use of remote home monitoring. At home, patients receive guidance for the management of pain, nutrition and pancreatitis-related complaints by a daily phone call from a nurse from the Virtual Monitoring Centre (VMC). The pancreatitis-related complaints, intake of fluids and food, pain and the use of analgesics are assessed using short questionnaires in a smartphone app. Core temperature is monitored using an ear thermometer and a wearable sensor measures heart rate, respiratory rate, posture and movement every 5 minutes. Remote home monitoring will continue for at least 4 days. The main study objective is to assess the feasibility of the novel care program. Feasibility is determined by, patient satisfaction and actual use of the novel care program. The secondary study objective is to describe clinical outcomes of patients in the novel care program.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about clinical usefulness of double pigtail plastic stents during endoscopic transmural drainage of post-inflammatory pancreatic and peripancreatic fluid collections with use of lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMS). The main question it aims to answer is: Does introduction of double pigtail plastic stents through the LAMS increases efficacy and safety of endoscopic transmural drainage of post-inflammatory pancreatic and peripancreatic fluid collections?
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided transluminal drainage has become a first-line treatment modality for symptomatic pancreatic pseudocysts. Despite the increasing popularity of lumen-apposing metal stents (LAMSs), the use of a LAMS is limited by its high costs and specific adverse events compared to plastic stent placement. To date, there has been a paucity of data on the appropriate stent type in this setting. This trial aims to assess the non-inferiority of plastic stents to a LAMS for the initial EUS-guided drainage of pseudocysts.
The MINERVA (Machine learnINg for the rElapse Risk eValuation in Acute biliary pancreatitis) project stems from the need in the clinical practice of taking an operational decision in patients that are admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of acute biliary pancreatitis. In particular, the MINERVA prospective cohort study aims to develop a predictive score that allows to assess the risk of hospital readmission for patients diagnosed with mild biliary acute pancreatitis using Machine Learning and artificial intelligence. The objectives of the MINERVA study are to: 1. Propose a novel methodology for the assessment of the risk of relapse in patients with mild biliary acute pancreatitis who did not undergo early cholecystectomy (within 3 to 7 days from hospital admission); 2. Propose a Machine Learning predictive model using a Deep Learning architecture applied to easily collectable data; 3. Validate the MINERVA score on an extensive, multicentric, prospective cohort; 4. Allow national and international clinicians, medical staff, researchers and the general audience to freely and easily access the MINERVA score computation and use it in their daily clinical practice. The MINERVA score model will be developed on a retrospective cohort of patients (MANCTRA-1, already registered in ClinicalTrials.gov) and will be validated on a novel prospective multicentric cohort. After validation, the MINERVA score will be free and easy to compute instantly for all medical staff; it will be accessible at any time on the MINERVA website and web app, and will provide an immediate and reliable result that can be a clear indication for the best treatment pathway for the clinician and for the patient.
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.