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CompletedNCT06031363Updated Mar 15, 2024

The Optimal Dose of Indomethacin Suppository for Preventing Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

An interventional study of Indomethacin Suppository in Pancreatitis, Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde and Indomethacin, sponsored by The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-15.

Sponsored by The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 10 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2022, registered Sep 2023).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
192
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is a single-center, randomized, single-blind, parallel controlled clinical study to explore the optimal dose of postoperative indomethacin suppository for the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis. The purpose of this study is to explore the optimal dosage of indomethacin suppository for PEP prevention, to study the control effect of indomethacin on hyperamylaseemia, and to further explore the group of patients who benefit most from this therapy.

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This is a single-centre, randomized, single-blind, parallel-controlled designed clinical study to explore the optimal dose of postoperative indomethacin suppository for the prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis. The study will enroll 192 patients who undergo ERCP in the Department of Gastroenterology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from November 2022 to October 2023, and they will be randomly assigned to 3 groups of 64 each according to the date of surgery and hospitalisation number in a random number list formed by SPSS software.

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Conditions studied

  • Pancreatitis
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Indomethacin

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Keywords

  • Indomethacin Suppository
  • Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
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In context

Pancreatitis

752 studies on the registry are indexed under Pancreatitis; 180 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 192 is above the median of 80 across 448 interventional studies indexed under Pancreatitis.

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Lead sponsor

The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University is the lead sponsor of 252 studies on the registry; 148 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • According to the "Chinese ERCP Guidelines (2018 Edition)", patients with various biliary and pancreatic diseases who have indications for ERCP examination and treatment, who are at least 18 years old and have no contraindications, and who can tolerate the examination;
  • Preoperative blood coagulation function, liver and kidney function indicators are in the normal range;
  • The patients agreed to participate in this experiment, signed the informed consent form, and was approved by the hospital ethics committee.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contraindications to indomethacin and other NSAIDs: such as allergy to indomethacin, severe heart failure, active peptic ulcer/bleeding, perioperative period of coronary artery bypass surgery, etc.;
  • There are severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, respiratory insufficiency and coagulation dysfunction, etc., and cannot tolerate ERCP examination;
  • Those who have recently used indomethacin and other non-steroidal anti-infective drugs;
  • Pregnant or lactating women.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
192 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Regular dosage group

    Give indomethacin suppository 100mg anal plug immediately after operation.

    Drug: Indomethacin Suppository

  • Experimental
    Low dosage group

    Give indomethacin suppository 50mg anal plug immediately after operation.

    Drug: Indomethacin Suppository

  • Experimental
    High dosage group

    Give indomethacin suppository 150mg anal plug immediately after operation.

    Drug: Indomethacin Suppository

Interventions

  • DrugIndomethacin Suppository

    Patients in the regular dose group are given indomethacin suppository 100 mg anal plug immediately after operation, patients in the low dose group are given indomethacin suppository 50 mg anal plug immediately after operation, and patients in the high dose group are given indomethacin suppository 150 mg anal plug immediately after operation.

    Also known as: Indomethacin

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. serum amylase concentration

    blood test

    Time frame: before operation, 3 hours after operation, 24 hours after operation, 48 hours after operation

Secondary outcomes

  1. incidence of post-ERCP pancreatitis

    number of people with PEP in each group / total number of people in each group

    Time frame: 3rd day after operation

  2. incidence of hyperamylaseemia

    number of people with postoperative hyperamylaseemia in each group / total number of people in each group

    Time frame: 3rd day after operation

  3. incidence of indomethacin adverse reaction events

    number of indomethacin-related adverse events in each group / total number of people in each group

    Time frame: 3rd day after operation

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Study locations

1 site
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
    Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 15, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06031363
Lead sponsor
The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
Responsible party
Rui Li (Chief of the Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 11, 2023
Start date
Nov 1, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 6, 2023
Completion
Jan 31, 2024
Last update
Mar 15, 2024

Study contacts

Rui Li, Dr.
principal investigator · The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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