Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00754676
Endoscopic Stenting for Chronic Abdominal Pain
Randomized Single Blind Trial of Endoscopic Stenting for Chronic Pancreatitis-Associated Abdominal Pain
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 2 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Leigh Powell · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 19 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The prospective sham randomized study will evaluate the role of endoscopic stenting inpatients with chronic pancreatitis and chronic abdominal pain.
Detailed description
Endoscopic stenting is increasingly used for the treatment of a variety of pancreatic disorders. Although a number of studies suggest that pancreatic stenting relieves abdominal pain in approximately 70% of patients, there has been no randomized study. Since any intervention may improve pain, the effectiveness of endoscopy cannot be ascertained without a true placebo arm or sham therapy group. The study will aim to determine the effectiveness of pancreatic stents in relieving chronic pain in the setting of chronic pancreatitis. Since these procedures do carry risk, a placebo controlled fashion is used for this study
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2004-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2008-04-01
- Completion
- 2008-04-01
- First posted
- 2008-09-18
- Last updated
- 2023-10-10
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00754676. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.