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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01371240
Date of registration: 07/06/2011
Primary sponsor: University Hospital Case Medical Center
Public title: Secretin-Assisted Computed Tomography Scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Improving Pancreatic Tumor Conspicuity
Scientific title: Evaluation of Efficiency of Secretin-Assisted Computed Tomography Scan and Secretin-Assisted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Improving Pancreatic Enhancement and Tumor Conspicuity: Prospective Study
Date of first enrolment: June 2011
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01371240
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Hooman Yarmohammadi, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: yar.hooman@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Hooman Yarmohammadi, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 2168443113
Email: yar.hooman@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Pablo R Ros, MD MPH PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients 18 or above will be included in the study.

2. Patients suspected of pancreatic mass or with a known pancreatic mass would be
enrolled in the study.

3. Patients with suspected pancreatic pathology and scheduled for imaging study (CT vs.
MRI) will be included if they had obstructive jaundice, with either a stricture in
the lower common bile duct on magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) or a
pancreatic mass on ultrasound or other imaging study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with known advanced pancreatic tumors and those with previous pancreatic
resection will be excluded.

2. Patients with renal insufficiency: increase Cr level or glomerular filteration rate
(GFR) of less than 45 ml/min/1.73.

3. Patients who demonstrate increase in Cr level or patients with acute renal injury.

4. Claustrophobic or patients who are not able to tolerate MRI.

5. Patients with previous history of contrast allergies.

6. Pregnant patients



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pancreas Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: Secretin Synthetic Human (RG1068)
Primary Outcome(s)
Increase in pancreatic tumor conspicuity. [Time Frame: one year]
Pancreatic tumor conspicuity on MRI [Time Frame: one year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
post-injection complications and side effects of secretin [Time Frame: one year]
Secondary ID(s)
CC00035
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Repligen Corporation
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