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Perform Necrotic Cavity Lavage or Not After Debridement of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis

A Randomized Controlled Trials on the Effect of Necrotic Cavity Lavage After Laparoscope-assisted Debridement for Patients With Infected Pancreatic Necrosis

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04275466
Acronym
NCLAD
Enrollment
112
Registered
2020-02-19
Start date
2020-06-12
Completion date
2021-10-12
Last updated
2020-06-18

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

Conditions

Pancreas Necrosis, Pancreatitis,Acute Necrotizing

Keywords

acute pancreatitis, infected pancreatic necrosis, laparoscope-assisted debridement, necrotic cavity lavage

Brief summary

The infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) should be treated by debridement and drainage. In recent years, the results of clinical research show that minimally invasive debridement such as video-assisted (laparoscope, nephroscope, endoscopy, etc.) and total laparoscopic debridement can significantly improve the prognosis of IPN patients. After a long period of clinical practice, laparoscope-assisted debridement was selected as the main surgical method in our center. In many large-scale clinical studies, patients after surgery underwent necrotic cavity lavage (such as small omental sac lavage, retroperitoneal space lavage, peripancreatic lavage, etc.), but its necessity and clinical significance were not clearly stated in the guidelines. At present, the clinical research mainly focuses on the improvement of minimally invasive debridement, and less on the necessity of lavage. In the past, necrotic cavity lavage was performed in IPN patients, but long-term clinical observation showed that lavage may lead to spread of infection and increase the incidence of lower extremity venous thrombosis which is not accorded with ERAS(Enhanced Recovery After Surgery). Therefore, since 2012, our center has stopped necrotic cavity lavage for IPN patients after debridement. We retrospectively analyzed the therapeutic effect from February 2014 to August 2017 and found that even without necrotic cavity lavage, better therapeutic effect could be achieved. Meanwhile it can simplify the operation process and avoid infection spread. This treatment method provides a new idea. However, it is a retrospective study not a randomized controlled trials(RCT) which is low effectiveness of proof. Therefore, we design this RCT to verify the necessity of necrotic cavity lavage after laparoscope-assisted debridement for patients with infected pancreatic necrosis.

Interventions

PROCEDUREnecrotic cavity lavage

1. At least two 30- to 36-Fr drainage tubes will be placed into each necrotic cavity. One of these drainage tubes will be used as the lavage tube; the other tube is designed for drainage. 2. Lavage will begin on the first day after debridement, and the relevant indices will be evaluated every 7 days to decide whether to continue the lavage. 3. 1200 mL of normal saline will be lavaged into each necrotic cavity every day at a speed of 200 mL/h for 3 hours each time and for a total of two times. The start times of lavage will be 08:00 and 20:00. 4. The lavage and drainage volumes of the first hour and second hour of each lavage session will be calculated. The lavage of the next hour will be stopped if the lavage volume minus the drainage volume is \>100 mL. 5. Lavage will be suspended if abdominal pain and distention occur, the maximum body temperature is \>38.5ºC, or the abdominal pressure is ≥15 mmHg during the lavage procedure.

Sponsors

Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. diagnosis of IPN 2. onset time of \>4 weeks 3. performance of LAD for IPN 4. provision of written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. the highest temperature in 24 hours of ≥38.5ºC 2. new organ failure occurring within 24 hours after the operation 3. digestive tract fistula, biliary tract or digestive tract obstruction, or bleeding occurring within 24 hours after the operation 4. abdominal pressure of ≥10 mmHg within 24 hours after the operation 5. traumatic pancreatitis or a pancreatic fistula-related infection after the pancreatic operation

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
sum rate of mortality and major complications1 yearnumber of deaths and major complications (new organ failure or intraperitoneal hemorrhage/gastrointestinal fistula requiring surgical treatment)/total enrollment

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
assay indexthrough study completion, an average of 2 monthswhite blood cell in 109/L
incidence of peritonitis and lower extremity deep vein thrombosisthrough study completion, an average of 2 monthspostoperative complication
physiological parameterthrough study completion, an average of 2 monthsbody temperature in degree centigrade
Total stay in hospitalthrough study completion, an average of 2 monthsThe time for the patient staying in hospital measured in days
Length of stay in Intensive Care Unitthrough study completion, an average of 2 monthsThe time for the patient staying in Intensive Care Unit measured in days
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (range:0-71)through study completion, an average of 2 monthsThe score shows the severity of the patients and higher scores mean a worse outcome

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactChongchong Gao, MD
scientificsalon@sina.com+86-15110182365

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026