New study tests safer pain relief for kids with pancreatitis
NCT ID NCT04291599
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether using less opioids for initial pain relief in children with acute pancreatitis is as effective and safer than the usual opioid-first approach. It involved 23 children at Boston Children's Hospital. The goal was to gather data for a larger future trial.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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23 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Up to 21 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who present to the ED and are admitted to BCH with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis or an acute bout of chronic pancreatitis based on INSPPIRE14 Criteria (Appendix 1) 2. Age ≤21 years 3. Patient weight ≥8 kg Exclusion Criteria: 1. Allergy to morphine (and hydromorphone) or aspirin/NSAID 2. History of renal or hepatic insufficiency 3. History of peptic ulceration 4. History of bleeding diathesis 5. Pregnant females 6. Patients who have a documented history of substance abuse disorder or those who use opioids chronically 7. Patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) 8. Patients who received intravenous opioid patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in transit or during their ED admission.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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