Testing pain-sensing to predict treatment response in chronic pancreatitis
Part of Digestive system, Pain clinical trials.
This study uses a special pain-testing method to better predict how people with chronic pancreatitis-related pain (or similar conditions) will respond to treatment. It may help doctors choose therapies that work better for each person’s type of pain.
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Who can take part
- Be age 18 or older and able to read and understand the study information
- Have pancreatic-related abdominal pain for at least 3 months, often with pain most days of the week (or meet specific “suspected” or “confirmed” pancreas diagnosis), with pain intensity above 3 out of 10
- If you have “suspected” chronic pancreatitis, your scans must look indeterminate or show mild-to-moderate typical changes (or you must have recovered from past pancreatitis attacks and still have ongoing pain)
- If you have “definite” chronic pancreatitis, your CT or MRI/MRCP scan must show a higher grade (Cambridge grade 3 or 4)
- If you have biliary-type pain with specific lab/imaging features, you may qualify if you have Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction type 1 or 2
- Agree to follow all study visits and questionnaires, and sign the consent form
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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