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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN12838218
Date of registration: 01/03/2005
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Barts and the London NHS Trust (UK)
Public title: Randomised prospective multicentre trial on the effect of early enteral nutrition on gut barrier permeability in severe acute pancreatitis
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Date of first enrolment: 01/05/2005
Target sample size: 66
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN12838218
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Treatment)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
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Name: Hemant    Kocher
Address:  Department of Health National Clinician Scientist Senior Lecturer Tumour Biology Laboratory Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre Queen Mary?s School Of Medicine & Dentistry at Barts & The London John Vane Science Centre Charterhouse Square EC1M 6BQ London United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 18 or over with a proven diagnosis of acute pancreatitis (pain and raised enzymes or computed tomography [CT] evidence) together with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) or organ failure (Marshall score 2 or more for any organ system except liver, or Atlanta criteria) present for 24 hours or more, and within 72 hours of onset of symptoms.
Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Severe acute pancreatitis
Digestive System
Acute pancreatitis
Intervention(s)
Group one: Enteral nutrition via nasogastric/nasojejunal tube, or sip feed, composition as stratified for each centre. To start immediately after randomisation.

Group two: ?Standard? fluid replacement, oral or via intravenous line, composition as stratified for each centre.
Primary Outcome(s)
Reduction of proportion of patients with increased gut permeatbility from 80% by half to 40%.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Reduction in persistent organ failure (3 days) from 35% to 15%
2. Complications (with specific emphasis on infective complications).
3. Length of hospital/ICU stay
4. Return of normal GI function
5. Markers of intestinal ischaemia (Intestinal fatty acid binding protein) and other markers of gut permeability (endocAb), immune/inflammatory response
Secondary ID(s)
PANC/EN/2005/v1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Barts and the London NHS Trust (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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