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Efficacy of EUS-guided Celiac Plexus Blockade in Chronic Pancreatitis

NCT00658736

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

This is a triple-blind, parallel group, randomized controlled trial to assess the benefit of triamcinolone injection as a therapeutic measure for control of chronic pancreatitis pain. The treatment group will undergo EUS-CPB with bupivicaine plus triamcinolone ("therapeutic block"). There control group will undergo EUS-CPB with bupivicaine alone ("diagnostic block").

Timeline

Start
2008-03
Primary completion
2011-01
Completion
2011-01

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Triamcinolone Other / unclassified Other
Comparator Bupivacaine Other / unclassified Other

Indications