MRCP: A Reliable, Non Invasive Method for Staging Chronic Pancreatitis in Pediatrics

NCT02869893 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: CIN_MRCPStudy_001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 57
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this research study is to learn more about the pancreas. The investigators want to use Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) to learn more about the size of a normal pancreas. MRCP is a special kind of MRI exam that produces detailed images of the pancreas. The investigators also want to figure out how much fluid the pancreas releases in response to secretin. Secretin is a chemical in the body that causes the pancreas to release fluid that helps with digestion. Secretin is used during the MRCP (MR-PFT) to help identify dysfunction of the pancreas. MR elastography (MRE) will be used to measure how hard the pancreas is. MRE is a special kind of MRI that uses vibrations to image tissue.

Conditions

Healthy Volunteers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Total Secreted Fluid Volume as Measured by MR-PFT

  Participants underwent MR imaging prior to and following secretin administration. Pre-secretin imaging lasts approximately 20 minutes. Post-secretin images were acquired at 1 minute, 5 minutes and 15 minutes following completion of secretin injection. Pre-secretin enteric fluid volumes were subtracted from post-secretin enteric fluid volumes for each participant to determine volume secreted in response to secretin administration at each time point. A commercially available software package determines the area of fluid signal on the MR images. The fluid signal from the pre-secretin images is then subtracted from the each post-secretin image (1, 5 and 15 minutes images) to determine the amount of fluid produced by the introduction of secretin.

  35 minutes (20 min pre-secretin, 15 minutes post-secretin)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Pancreatic Stiffness as Measured by Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE)

  Single time point, pre-secretin

• Volumetric Measurement of Pancreatic Parenchymal Volume

  Single time point, pre-secretin

Study Arms (1)

Healthy Participants

OTHER

MRCP with Secretin and MR elastography will be performed on all participants.

Drug: Secretin

Interventions

Secretin DRUG

Also known as: ChiRhoStim

Healthy Participants

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Subjects between the ages of 6 and 15.9 years.
• Subjects without a documented history of (or suggestive of) pancreatic disease

You may not qualify if:

• History of pancreatic disease, liver disease, intra-abdominal neoplasm, abdominal inflammatory process such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), or systemic illness that may affect pancreatic state (e.g. cystic fibrosis).
• Subjects with surgical hardware/implanted devices making them ineligible for MRI (e.g. pacemaker or other implanted medical device not approved for MRI).
• Subjects who require any form of sedation or general anesthesia for MRI.
• Subjects unable to breath-hold for the required 15-20 second imaging sequence.
• Subjects who are pregnant or less than 12 months post-partum.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati: lead
• ChiRhoClin, Inc.: collaborator
• The National Pancreas Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

Location

Related Publications (15)

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MeSH Terms

Interventions

Secretin

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Gastrointestinal Hormones; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Peptide Hormones; Neuropeptides; Peptides; Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins; Nerve Tissue Proteins; Proteins

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Andrew Trout
• Organization: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

andrew.trout@cchmc.org

513-803-3004

Study Officials

• Maisam Abu-El-Haija, MD

  Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Andrew Trout, MD

  Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 5, 2016
• First Posted: August 17, 2016
• Study Start: August 10, 2016
• Primary Completion: April 6, 2017
• Study Completion: April 6, 2017
• Last Updated: August 7, 2020
• Results First Posted: August 7, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)