Helicobacter Pylori and Acute Alcohol Induced Pancreatitis

Alkoholihaimatulehduksen Uusiminen

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00490386

Enrollment

100

Registered

2007-06-22

Start date

2006-06-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2007-06-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Helicobacter Infections, Pancreatitis, Acute

Keywords

Retrospective, Length of Stay, Helicobacter pylori

Brief summary

This study is performed to measure wether Helicobacter Pylori has an effect on the incidence and course of acute alcohol induced pancreatitis

Detailed description

A recent pilot study unexpectedly discovered, that Helicobacter pylori infection was rare in patients having their first acute alcohol induced pancreatitis (AAIP) when compared to subjects with similar alcohol use but no history of pancreatitis. This subject has not been studied in humans until now. Therefore we seek to study, with a larger material, wether AAIP is associated with lower prevalence of Helicobacter pylori, by measuring the antibodies against Helicobacter pylori from the sera of AAIP patients and from a control group of alcoholics with no history of AAIP.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

DEFINED_POPULATION

Time perspective

OTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Acute alcohol pancreatitis (first)

Exclusion criteria

* Death during hospitalization

Countries

Finland

Outcome results