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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02706236
Date of registration: 27/02/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Public title: Trial of Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements (Pancrelipase) for Treating Pain in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis
Scientific title: A Single-Center Prospective Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Pancreatic Enzyme Supplements (Pancrelipase) for Treating Pain in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis
Date of first enrolment: April 2016
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02706236
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Timothy B Gardner, MD
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Affiliation:  Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis based on chronic pancreatitis-type pain > 6 months
leading to impaired quality of life AND at least 1 of the following (27):

- Confirmed diagnosis of hereditary pancreatitis (PRSS1 gene mutation)

- History of recurrent acute pancreatitis (>1 documented episode of characteristic
abdominal pain associated with diagnostic imaging and/or elevated serum amylase or
lipase > 3 times upper limit of normal).

- Pancreatic calcifications on CT scan

- At least 2 of the following:

- Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) with = or > 4 criteria for chronic pancreatitis
(hyperechoic foci, strands, or ducts, lobulation, irregular duct margin, visible side
- branches, calcifications, cysts, ductal dilatation) (28)

- Ductal (changes in side branch morphology) or parenchymal (loss of T1 signal
intensity) abnormalities on secretin enhanced Magnetic resonance
cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)

- Abnormal endoscopic pancreatic secretory function tests (HCO3 <= 75mmol/L at 30 or 45
minutes or <= 80mmol/L at 1 hour

- Subjects are capable of informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy

- Lactation

- Active acute pancreatitis or an episode of acute pancreatitis within 2 months of
presentation for evaluation

- Pancreatic cancer



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pancreatitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: placebo
Drug: Pancrelipase
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in pain scores based on Izbicki self-assessment score [Time Frame: Measured at weeks 0,4,6 and 10]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in Narcotic Use [Time Frame: 0, 4, 6 and 10 weeks of treatment]
Quality of life [Time Frame: Pancreatic Quality of Life Instrument (PANQOLI) assessment at weeks 0, 4, 6 and 10]
Secondary ID(s)
D16084
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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