Status:

RECRUITING

Rectal Indomethacin and Oral Tacrolimus Versus Combination to Prevent Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

Lead Sponsor:

Johns Hopkins University

Conditions:

Post-ERCP Acute Pancreatitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This research is being done to see if using oral tacrolimus before endoscopy, can prevent pancreatitis that may occur after ERCP (a type of gastrointestinal endoscopy).

Detailed Description

Background: In the US alone, almost 700,000 endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies (ERCPs) are performed each year, and the utilization of ERCP over the last 10 years has increased due to th...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Any patient who is undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) at any of the participating centers, is at least 18 years old and provides informed consent can be included in the study.

Exclusion

  • Unwillingness or inability to consent for the study.
  • Pregnancy
  • Breastfeeding mother
  • Chronic calcific pancreatitis
  • ERCP for biliary stent exchange or removal
  • ERCP in a patient with prior biliary sphincterotomy, but without anticipated pancreatogram.
  • Biliary intervention in a patient with pancreas divisum.
  • Standard contraindications to tacrolimus or NSAID use.
  • Current tacrolimus or immune modulator use.
  • Chronic kidney disease with glomerular filtration rate (GFR) \< 30 or acute kidney injury.
  • Absence of rectum.
  • Acute pancreatitis within 30 days of ERCP.
  • Pancreatic head malignancy.
  • Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (Type 3).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 18 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

4874 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05252754

Start Date

January 18 2023

End Date

December 1 2026

Last Update

December 9 2025

Active Locations (5)

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1

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287

2

Asian Institute of Gastroenterology

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, 500082

3

Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals,

Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 700054

4

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Chandigarh, India, 160012