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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02487225
Date of registration: 29/06/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Public title: Pentoxifylline Treatment in Acute Pancreatitis (AP) AP
Scientific title: Pentoxifylline Treatment in Acute Pancreatitis: A Double-Blind Placebo - Controlled Randomized Trial
Date of first enrolment: May 2015
Target sample size: 83
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02487225
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Santhi Swaroop Vege, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Mayo Clinic
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

- Enrollment within 72 hours of diagnosis of acute pancreatitis (AP)

- Ability to give informed consent or a Legal Adult Representative (LAR) able to give
informed consent for subject when needed as defined buy LAR use guidelines.

- Adult subjects of age =18 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Moderate or severe congestive heart failure

- History of seizure disorders or demyelinating disease

- Nursing mothers

- Pregnancy

- History of prior tuberculosis or risk factors for tuberculosis

- Evidence of non- corticosteroid immunosuppression (such as malignancy, chronic renal
failure, chemotherapy within 60 days, and HIV)

- Evidence of active hemorrhage

- Paralytic ileus with severe nausea and vomiting



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 100 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Miscellaneous (i.e. Acute on Chronic Pancreatitis)
Hypertriglyceridemia Acute Pancreatitis
Acute Pancreatitis (AP)
Alcoholic Pancreatitis
Gallstone Pancreatitis
Idiopathic (Unknown) Acute Pancreatitis
Cancer Acute Pancreatitis
Medication Induced Acute Pancreatitis
Trauma Acute Pancreatitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Pentoxifylline
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-a) Levels From Admission Baseline at One Week. [Time Frame: Admission (baseline), day 5]
Change in Interleukin-8 (IL-8) Levels From Admission Baseline at One Week. [Time Frame: Admission (baseline), day 5]
Change in Interleukin-6 (IL-6) Levels From Admission Baseline at One Week. [Time Frame: Admission (baseline), day 5]
Change in C-reactive Protein (C-RP) From Admission Baseline at One Week. [Time Frame: Admission (baseline), day 5]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
15-001710
1R21DK101889-01A1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 23/01/2019
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02487225
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