Clinical Trial: CT Pancreas Perfusion
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: CT Perfusion of Pancreatic Cancer and Chronic Pancreatitis: Feasibility Study
Brief Summary:
- Pancreatic CT perfusion with a biofeedback breathing belt worn by the participant, and using novel post-processing techniques, is a reliable method which can be used to differentiate between pancreatic cancer, chronic pancreatitis, and autoimmune pancreatitis.
- Pancreatic CT perfusion can be used to monitor patients undergoing decompression treatment (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with stent placement) for painful chronic pancreatitis, and the change in the pancreatic perfusion parameters correlate with the change in the pain parameters (pain scale and analgesic use).
- Pancreatic CT perfusion parameters can be calculated using surrogate scan data sets at specific time points to replace the continuous scanning.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Current Primary Outcome: A reproducible technique to measure CT perfusion parameters may provide a method for non-invasively monitoring tumor response during treatment, or differentiating between autoimmune and chronic pancreatitis. [ Time Frame: Three weeks to three months for chronic pancreatitis. ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
Original Secondary Outcome:
Information By: Mayo Clinic
Dates:
Date Received: December 24, 2007
Date Started: April 2006
Date Completion:
Last Updated: April 14, 2015
Last Verified: April 2015
