Markers in Acute Pancreatitis-1 (MAP-1)

International Prospective Evaluation of Novel Biomarkers to Detect and Predict the Severity of Drug- Associated Acute Pancreatitis in Adults

Prospective, multi-national, multi-centre observational diagnostic study of novel microRNA and protein biomarkers in peripheral blood and/or urine to detect and predict the severity of drug-associated acute pancreatitis (AP), with comparison of the same biomarkers in patients with acute pancreatitis from other causes, chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, diabetes mellitus and healthy volunteers.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Acute Pancreatitis Drug-Induced
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Assessment of accuracy of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme markers in blood and/or urine in the detection and/or prediction of severity of drug-associated acute pancreatitis

Detailed Description

The MAP-1 study is designed to validate microRNA and/or pancreatic digestive enzyme biomarkers for the detection and severity assessment of drug-associated AP, for application to the assessment of adverse reactions to drugs in development or drugs already developed for other indications. The study will also assess the clinical utility of these biomarkers in AP from other causes, but is not designed to determine whether the biomarkers could be used in place of amylase and/or lipase in the standard clinical diagnosis of AP or to distinguish between the many differential diagnoses of AP. Selection is in progress of the microRNAs and pancreatic digestive enzyme biomarkers to be validated in this study, this selection being made from prospectively biobank samples obtained in a separate observational study that has separate ethical approval.

The pre-selected microRNAs and pancreatic digestive enzymes will be measured in the blood and urine of patients on admission to hospital with drug-associated acute pancreatitis (Group 1, 75 participants in receipt of one or more drugs on a defined list of drugs associated with acute pancreatitis) or other cause acute pancreatitis (Group 2, 250 participants not in receipt of any of the defined drugs). The same biomarkers will also be measured in blood and urine samples from contrast groups of patients with chronic pancreatitis (Group 3, 25 participants), pancreas cancer (Group 4, 25 participants), type I or II diabetes mellitus (Group 5, 25 participants) and healthy volunteers (Group 6, 100 participants). All participants will be at least 18 years old. MicroRNAs will be measured by quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and pancreatic enzymes by mass spectrometry.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 175

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Bavaria
    • Munich, Bavaria, Germany, 81377
      • LMU Klinikum München
• Spain
  • Málaga
    • Málaga, Málaga, Spain, 29010
      • Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga
• United Kingdom
  • Merseyside
    • Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, L9 7AL
      • Aintree University Hospital
    • Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, L7 8XP
      • Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Adult participants aged 18 years or more, comprised of 6 Groups:

Group 1: Drug-associated AP Group 2: Other cause AP Group 3: Chronic pancreatitis Group 4: Pancreas Cancer Group 5: Diabetes mellitus Grouip 6: Healthy volunteers

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Drug-associated AP: patients ≥18 years old undergoing drug treatment that has a defined risk of AP prior to and at the onset of AP and admitted to recruiting hospitals with a diagnosis of AP established by two of: (i) typical continuous upper abdominal pain (in this study for up to 2 days in duration prior to admission); (ii) amylase and/or lipase 3 or more times the upper limit of normal; (iii) characteristic findings on abdominal imaging (if undertaken urgently by computerised tomography scan (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); and who undergo their first study blood sampling within 24 hours of admission to hospital.
2. Other cause AP: patients ≥18 years old not undergoing drug treatment that has a defined risk of AP and admitted to recruiting hospitals with a diagnosis of AP established by two of: (i) typical continuous upper abdominal pain (in this study for up to 2 days in duration prior to admission); (ii) amylase and/or lipase 3 or more times the upper limit of normal; (iii) characteristic findings on abdominal imaging (if undertaken urgently by CT or MRI) and undergo their first study blood sampling within 24 hours of hospital admission.
3. Chronic pancreatitis: patients with symptomatic chronic pancreatitis and diagnostic abnormalities identified by CT and/or MRI and who undergo study blood sampling as an outpatient.
4. Pancreatic cancer: patients presenting with biopsy-proven or presumed pancreatic cancer and who undergo study blood sampling as an outpatient; in patients with a presumptive diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, blood and urine samples will be analysed after histological confirmation.
5. Diabetes mellitus: adult patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with insulin and/or oral anti-hyperglycaemic medication for at least 3 months and ongoing and who undergo study blood sampling as an outpatient.
6. Healthy volunteers: normal, healthy individuals aged ≥18 years old without evidence of systemic disease who have required no hospital intervention within the last year and received no drug treatment within the last 3 months and are severe acute respiratory distress syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) negative.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Drug-associated AP: onset of continuous abdominal pain more than 2 days prior to admission to hospital; known previous AP within the last 3 months; known chronic pancreatitis; known pancreatic or hepatobiliary malignancy; previous necrosectomy or pancreatic surgery; known prior type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus. Patients will not be excluded if they are undergoing drug treatment that has a defined risk of AP prior to and at the onset of AP and an alternative cause for AP is identified (including after recruitment and blood sampling).
2. Other cause AP: undergoing drug treatment that has a defined risk of AP (such patients should be considered for recruitment into Group 2); onset of continuous abdominal pain more than 2 days prior to admission to hospital; known previous AP within the last 3 months; known chronic pancreatitis; known pancreatic or hepatobiliary malignancy; previous necrosectomy or pancreatic surgery; type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus.
3. Chronic pancreatitis: hospital admission with AP within the last three months; known pancreatic or hepatobiliary malignancy; previous necrosectomy or pancreatic surgery; type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus.
4. Pancreatic cancer: hospital admission with AP within the last 3 months; known chronic pancreatitis; previous necrosectomy or pancreatic surgery and/or chemotherapy prior to sampling; type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus.
5. Diabetes mellitus: hospital admission with AP within the last 3 months; known type 3c diabetes mellitus; known history of acute or chronic pancreatitis; known history of cystic fibrosis, known history of pancreatic or hepatobiliary malignancy; known history of necrosectomy or pancreatic surgery; gestational diabetes mellitus; monogenic diabetes mellitus syndromes; post-transplantation diabetes mellitus; diabetes mellitus attributed to drugs or toxins.
6. Healthy volunteers: abnormal physical examination, abnormal routine haematology, urea, electrolytes and/or liver function tests; evidence of systemic disease; solid or haematological neoplasia within the last 5 years; hospital intervention within last 12 months; scheduled drug treatment within last 3 months and/or as required drug treatment within the last 4 weeks; infection or other sources of acute inflammation within the last 3 months.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

6

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Group 1; Drug-associated AP: patients aged 18 or more years undergoing drug treatment that has a defined risk of AP prior to and at the onset of AP	Diagnostic test: Assessment of accuracy of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme markers in blood and/or urine in the detection and/or prediction of severity of drug-associated acute pancreatitis; Panel of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme biomarkers
Group 2; Other cause AP: patients aged 18 or more years not undergoing drug treatment that has a defined risk of AP prior to and at the onset of AP	Diagnostic test: Assessment of accuracy of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme markers in blood and/or urine in the detection and/or prediction of severity of drug-associated acute pancreatitis; Panel of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme biomarkers
Group 3; Chronic pancreatitis: patients aged 18 or more years with symptomatic chronic pancreatitis confirmed by CT or MRI	Diagnostic test: Assessment of accuracy of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme markers in blood and/or urine in the detection and/or prediction of severity of drug-associated acute pancreatitis; Panel of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme biomarkers
Group 4; Pancreas cancer: patients aged 18 or more years with biopsy proven pancreas cancer	Diagnostic test: Assessment of accuracy of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme markers in blood and/or urine in the detection and/or prediction of severity of drug-associated acute pancreatitis; Panel of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme biomarkers
Group 5; Diabetes mellitus: patients aged 18 or more years with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus in receipt of insulin or oral hypoglycaemics	Diagnostic test: Assessment of accuracy of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme markers in blood and/or urine in the detection and/or prediction of severity of drug-associated acute pancreatitis; Panel of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme biomarkers
Group 6; Healthy volunteers	Diagnostic test: Assessment of accuracy of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme markers in blood and/or urine in the detection and/or prediction of severity of drug-associated acute pancreatitis; Panel of microRNA and pancreatic enzyme biomarkers

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
MicroRNA panel	Scale of change from normal (healthy volunteer values) of a panel of microRNAs measured in blood and urine samples from patients with mild, moderate or severe drug-associated AP during the first 24 hours of admission, confirming specificity by comparison with results from patients with other pancreatic diseases	Day of admission

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pancreatic enzyme biomarker	Scale of change from normal (healthy volunteer values) of a selected pancreatic enzyme biomarker in blood and/or urine taken from patients with mild, moderate or severe drug-associated AP during the first 24 hours of admission, confirming specificity by comparison with results from patients with other pancreatic diseases	Day of admission
MicroRNA panel	Scale of change of circulating microRNAs measured in blood samples on Day 4 (+/- 1 day) and Day 14 (+/- 2 days) after admission to assess progression of AP	Days 4 and 14 after admission
Severity of AP	Determination of AP severity will be made according to the Revised Atlanta Classification	Within 90 days of admission
Patient reported outcome	Application of the PAtieNt-rePoRted OutcoMe scale in acute pancreatItis - an international proSpEctive cohort study (PAN-PROMISE) scale	Days 4 and 14
Progress of MAP-1	Progress of recruitment of patients into MAP-1	Two years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Liverpool
• Collaborators: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Innovative Medicines Initiative; TransBioLine Consortium; Klinikum der Universität München; Hospital Regional de Malaga
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Robert Sutton, MD FRCS PhD, University of Liverpool

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 25, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 31, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): January 31, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 18, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 3, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): March 15, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 19, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 17, 2026
• Last Verified: February 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Pancreatic Diseases; Pancreatitis
• Other Study ID Numbers: UoL001572

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
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No