Octreotide 24-h prophylaxis in patients at high risk for post-ERCP pancreatitis: results of a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial.
Aliment Pharmacol Ther
; 15(7): 965-72, 2001 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-11421871
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Pharmacological prophylaxis of post-ERCP pancreatitis is costly and not useful in most non-selected patients, in whom the incidence of pancreatitis is 5% or less. However, it could be useful and probably cost-effective, in patients at high risk for this complication, where the post-procedure pancreatitis rate is 10% and more.AIM:
To assess the efficacy of octreotide in reducing the incidence and severity of post-ERCP pancreatitis and procedure-related hospital stay, in subjects with known patient-related risk factors.METHODS:
A total of 120 patients were randomly allocated to receive octreotide or not, in a multicentre, randomized, controlled trial. The drug was given subcutaneously, 200 microg t.d.s., starting 24 h before the ERCP procedure, in patients with either sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, or a history of relapsing pancreatitis or post-ERCP pancreatitis, or who were aged under 35 years, or who had a small common bile duct diameter (< 8 mm).RESULTS:
A total of 114 patients (58 in the octreotide group and 56 in the control group) completed the trial. Post-procedure pancreatitis occurred in seven octreotide-treated patients (12.0%) and eight controls (14.3%). The two groups showed no significant differences in the incidence or severity of pancreatitis. Twenty-four hours after the procedure, severe hyperamylasemia (more than five times the upper normal limit) without pancreatic-like pain was recorded in three octreotide-treated patients (5.2%) and six controls (10.7%), the difference being not significant.CONCLUSION:
Twenty-four-hour prophylaxis with octreotide proved ineffective in preventing post-ERCP pancreatitis and in avoiding 24-h severe hyperamylasemia in high-risk patients.
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Assunto principal:
Pancreatite
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Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Fármacos Gastrointestinais
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Octreotida
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Colangiopancreatografia Retrógrada Endoscópica
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article