Cold Water Irrigation Therapy as an Adjunct to Indomethacin for Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography(ERCP) Pancreatitis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age20+
SponsorUniversity of Kansas Medical Center

About this trial

This study is designed to learn whether rinsing the papilla with cold water at the end of an ERCP procedure, in addition to standard medicine, can help lower the chance of developing pancreatitis, which is the most common major complication after ERCP.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Native papilla present.

Undergoing ERCP for diagnostic or therapeutic indications.

Able to provide informed consent.

Disqualifiers

Post-operative reconstructed intestinal tract other than Billroth I reconstruction.

Acute pancreatitis at the time of ERCP.

Chronic pancreatitis.

Pancreatic head cancer with occlusion of the main pancreatic duct.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Cold water
  • Warm water

Treatment groups

950 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups