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This study plans to directly address the problem of post-ERCP pancreatitis to gauge the various factors involved in its development and genetic variability in the immune response to an isolated pancreatic insult. In addition, the investigators hope to study markers of the early immune response to this injury and to develop a risk-assessment model.
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreaticography (ERCP) is an important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in the management of pancreatic and biliary diseases. However, it carries up to 10% risk of developing acute pancreatitis, 10% of which will be severe. Current models to predict the severity of acute pancreatitis are incomplete and unable to prognosticate early in the course of the disease because they are based on biomarkers of late immune response. Recent findings suggest that polymorphisms in the gene coding for MCP-1 (Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1) play an important role in the early immune response leading to either mild versus severe acute pancreatitis of various etiologies.
This study plans to directly address the problem of post-ERCP pancreatitis to gauge the various factors involved in its development and genetic variability in the immune response to an isolated pancreatic insult. In addition, we hope to study markers of the early immune response to this injury and to develop a risk-assessment model.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| ERCP candidates | ERCP candidates |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of patients who develop post ERCP pancreatitis as assessed by their clinical course | Develop a multi-factorial mathematical risk model that will help predict the exact risk for pancreatitis-associated complications of ERCP and to help power and structure future interventional studies. | 1 year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of patients with high serum amylase and cytokine levels as assessed by their clinical data. | Determine the relationship between pre and post-ERCP serum amylase and cytokine levels including IL-6, IL-8, CRP and MCP-1 and other injury or inflammatory markers as biomarkers of genetic polymorphisms in the corresponding genes. | 1 year |
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Inclusion Criteria:
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Patients 14 years of age and older, ERCP candidates.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Georgios I Papachristou, MD | Ohio State University | Study Chair |
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| ID | Term |
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| D010195 | Pancreatitis |
| ID | Term |
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| D010182 | Pancreatic Diseases |
| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |
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Participant samples will be stored for an indefinite period of time in the Genomics and Proteomics Core Laboratories or in the laboratory of Dr. Whitcomb or appropriate core facility at the University of Pittsburgh. The samples will remain within the research studies of Dr. Whitcomb. Only authorized samples will be made available to other studies following IRB guidelines. The primary investigator, Dr. David Whitcomb, will have control over the blood samples.
| Genetic markers that cause patients to develop post ERCP pancreatitis as identified by their genes |
Determine if genetic polymorphisms of Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 (MCP-1) confer an increased risk for post-ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio- Pancreaticography) acute pancreatitis. |
| 1 year |