NCT01796652

Home Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Home Monitoring Versus Hospitalization in Mild Non-Alcoholic Acute Interstitial Pancreatitis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bezmialem Vakif University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is considered a disease requiring in-hospital treatment. We studied the feasibility of home management in AP.The aim of study was to compare 30 day readmission rates in patients with mild non-alcoholic acute pancreatitis (NAAP) randomized to home monitoring versus hospitalization.

Detailed description

Between 11/11-5/12, 84 patients with mild NAAP were randomized to home or hospital groups after a short (≤24 hours) hospital stay. AP was defined as ≥2 or more of the following: characteristic abdominal pain, amylase and/or lipase ≥3X the upper limit of normal, and/or imaging findings. Patients with an Imrie's score ≤5 and a harmless acute pancreatitis score (HAPS) ≤2 were included. Patients in both groups received intravenous lactated Ringer for 3 days and pain was treated with intramuscular diclofenac. A nurse visited all patients in the home group on the 2nd, 3rd and 5th day. All patients recalled for follow-up on the 7th, 14th, and 30th days.

Conditions

• Acute Pancreatitis

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2013-02-22
• Last updated: 2013-02-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)