Rectal Indomethacin Versus Rectal Indomethacin and Sublingual Nitrate for PEP Prevention

October 20, 2020 updated by: Yanglin Pan, Air Force Military Medical University, China

Rectal Indomethacin Versus Rectal Indomethacin and Sublingual Nitrate to Prevent Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: a Multicentre, Non-inferiority, Double-blind, Randomised Trial

Patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are at risk for post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP), which is associated with adverse outcomes. Combination prophylaxis strategies are increasingly investigated to prevent PEP more effectively, and studies have confirmed the benefits. Two randomized controlled trials revealed that combination prophylaxis with rectal NSAIDs and sublingual nitrate has reduced PEP rates to 5.6%-6.7% in average-risk patients. However, there was concern regarding the safety of sublingual nitrate with reports of significant increasing the risk of hypotesion (rate of 54.9%) and headache (rate of 4.1%) as compared with placebo.

As a safety drug, rectal administration of one dose NSAIDs is recommended as basic chemoprophylaxis in common or high-risk patients in guidelines. Results from previous studies showed rectal administration of NSAIDs significantly reduced PEP rate to 4-5.3% in average-risk patients. Although the difference in demographics, study design and outcomes definition, evidence was obtained that rectal NSAIDS was associated with similar PEP rate as combination prophylaxis with rectal NSAIDs and sublingual nitrate. However, evidence is lacking from large, randomized clinical trials indicating that efficiency of PEP prevention with rectal NSAIDs alone is not inferior to with combination prophylaxis. The investigators conduct this trial to investigate the hypothesis that rectal NSAIDs alone is non-inferior to the combination prophylaxis in terms of PEP prevention, but with reduce side effect.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

2700

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Fujian
      • Xiamen, Fujian, China
        • Xiamen Humanity Hospital
    • Gansu
      • Lanzhou, Gansu, China, 730030
        • Lanzhou University Second Hospital
    • Shaanxi
      • Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710032
        • Xi'an Central Hospital
      • Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710032
        • Xijing hoapital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients (age, 18-80 y) with native papilla planned for diagnostic or therapeutic ERCP were eligible for enrollment in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • contraindications to ERCP;
  • allergy to nitrates or NSAIDs;
  • currently on nitrate medication;
  • receiving NSAIDs within 7 days;
  • not suitable for indomethacin eg, gastrointestinal hemorrhage within the past 4 weeks, renal dysfunction (creatinine level >1.4 mg/dL) or the presence of coagulopathy before the procedure (international normalized ratio > 1.5);
  • acute pancreatitis within 3 days;
  • pregnant or breastfeeding women;
  • unwilling or inability to provide consent.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Rectal indomethacin and sublingual nitrate

All patients without contraindications should receive sublingual isosorbide dinitrate within 5 min before ERCP.

All patients without contraindications should receive rectal indomethacin within 30 min before ERCP.

All patients without contraindications should receive sublingual isosorbide dinitrate tablet within 5 minutes before ERCP.
All patients without contraindications should receive rectal indomethacin within 30 min before ERCP.
Active Comparator: Rectal indomethacin and sublingual placebo

All patients without contraindications should receive sublingual placebo within 5 min before ERCP.

All patients without contraindications should receive rectal indomethacin within 30 min before ERCP.

All patients without contraindications should receive rectal indomethacin within 30 min before ERCP.
All patients without contraindications should receive sublingual placebo within 5 minutes before ERCP.
Active Comparator: Rectal placebo and sublingual nitrate

All patients without contraindications should receive sublingual isosorbide dinitrate within 5 min before ERCP.

All patients without contraindications should receive rectal placebo within 30 min before ERCP.

All patients without contraindications should receive sublingual isosorbide dinitrate tablet within 5 minutes before ERCP.
All patients without contraindications should receive rectal placebo within 30 min before ERCP.
Placebo Comparator: Rectal placebo and sublingual placebo

All patients without contraindications should receive sublingual placebo within 5 min before ERCP.

All patients without contraindications should receive rectal placebo within 30 min before ERCP.

All patients without contraindications should receive sublingual placebo within 5 minutes before ERCP.
All patients without contraindications should receive rectal placebo within 30 min before ERCP.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Rate of post-ERCP Pancreatitis
Time Frame: 14 days
The diagnosis of PEP was established if there was new onset of upper abdominal pain associated with an increased amylase or lipase level of at least 3 times the upper limit of normal range at 24 hours after the procedure, and hospitalization for at least 2 nights. Doctors are advised to use cross-sectional imaging to identify ambiguous PEP.
14 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Rate of moderate to severe PEP
Time Frame: 14 days
The severity classification of pancreatitis was defined according to the criteria of Cotton et al and the revised Atlanta criteria.
14 days
Other adverse events
Time Frame: 14 days

Adverse effects of indomethacin, including gastrointestinal bleeding and renal failure.

Adverse effects of nitrates, including hypotension, headache and dizziness. Other post-ERCP adverse events including cholangitis, bleeding, and perforation.

Any other adverse outcomes possibly related to ERCP or experimental drugs that required hospital admission or a prolonged hospital stay for further management.

14 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

July 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

May 30, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 8, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 8, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

June 11, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 22, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 20, 2020

Last Verified

October 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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