Acute Pancreatitis and Acute Fluid Collections

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
• Main ID: NCT00786929
• Date of registration: 05/11/2008
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: University Medical Center, Tuzla
• Public title: Acute Pancreatitis and Acute Fluid Collections
• Scientific title: Randomized Controlled Trial on Sterile Fluid Collections Management in Acute Pancreatitis
• Date of first enrolment: March 2003
• Target sample size: 63
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00786929
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Phase: Phase 4

Countries of recruitment

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Symptoms and signs of acute pancreatitis and if pancreatic or/and peripancreatic
fluid collections were confirmed by ultrasound and computed tomography examination

Exclusion Criteria:

- Collections resulting from pancreatic surgery, chronic pancreatitis and encapsulated
collections and collections with uncertainty about the relationship between the
collections and clinical symptoms and signs of acute pancreatitis were excluded.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Pancreatitis

Intervention(s)

Procedure: Catheter drainage

Drug: Conservative treatment

Primary Outcome(s)

Conversion to more aggressive procedure [Time Frame: Sep 2007]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Number of patients turning culture positive, length of hospital stay, catheter dwell time, catheter problems and changes per patient [Time Frame: Oct 2007]

Secondary ID(s)

MB-68/02

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors