New pain test may take guesswork out of pancreatitis treatment
NCT ID NCT04996628
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether a special pain test called Pancreatic Quantitative Sensory Testing (P-QST) can predict how well people with chronic pancreatitis will respond to treatments like endoscopy or surgery. About 150 adults with chronic pancreatitis and ongoing pain will take the test before their procedure. Researchers will then check their pain levels 3 and 6 months later to see if the test results matched their recovery.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Adult patients ≥ 18 years of age with definite CP undergoing decompressive invasive treatments (endoscopic therapy or surgery) to relieve main pancreatic duct obstruction due to stones and/or stricture for management of pain. * Endoscopic therapy: Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with pancreatic duct stone removal, stent placement, and/or stricture dilation, ± intraductal lithotripsy or Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL). * Surgery: drainage procedures (Frey and Puestow operations) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with chronic pain from conditions other than CP * Patients \< 18 years of age * Patients who have had endoscopic therapy within the past 12 months * Patients who have undergone prior pancreatic surgery * Patients who have resective surgical procedure planned (eg. Whipple procedure, Total Pancreatectomy) * Patients with peripheral sensory deficits * Patients with known pregnancy at the time of study screening\*\* * Note: Women who become pregnant during the course of the study can no longer participate in P-QST testing.
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Conditions
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Indiana University Medical Center
RECRUITINGIndianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
RECRUITINGPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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