Preventing pancreatitis after ERCP study
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This study tests ways to prevent pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) after a procedure called ERCP, which is used to look at the bile ducts. It is for people who are having their first ERCP or a repeat attempt after a previous one did not work.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are at least 18 years old on the day of the ERCP procedure.
- This is your first ERCP, or a repeat after a previous failed attempt to place a tube into the bile duct.
- You have signed a form agreeing to be in the study.
- You have not had a previous cut, balloon stretch, or surgical opening of the papilla (the natural opening where the bile duct meets the intestine).
- You are not currently having an attack of acute pancreatitis caused by gallstones or sludge.
- Your anatomy is normal enough for a standard scope to reach the papilla (the opening).
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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