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Challenges in planning and initiating a randomized clinical study of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.

ABSTRACT: Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) is a controversial topic, especially in patients with no objective findings on laboratory or imaging studies (SOD type III). The value of ERCP manometry with sphincterotomy is unproven and carries significant risks.To describe the process of planning and initiating a randomized sham-controlled study to establish whether patients with SOD respond to sphincter ablation, and whether the outcomes are predicted by the pain patterns, presence or absence of other functional GI or psychosocial problems, or the results of manometry.Planning a trial to establish which patients with "suspected SOD" (if any) respond to endoscopic sphincter ablation.Meetings and correspondence by a planning group of gastroenterologists and clinical research specialists hosted at the Medical University of South Carolina.Clarifying subject characteristics and inclusion and exclusion criteria.Defining the questionnaires, therapies, randomizations, and numbers of subjects required by outcome measures. Defining the metrics of success and failure.The planning resulted in funding for the proposed study as a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.Lack of data required several consensus decisions in designing the protocol.The planning process was challenging, and some changes were needed after initiation.

SUBMITTER: Cotton PB

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4409682 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Challenges in planning and initiating a randomized clinical study of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction.

Cotton Peter B PB Durkalski Valerie V Orrell Kyle B KB Brawman-Mintzer Olga O Drossman Douglas A DA Wilcox C Mel CM Mauldin Patrick D PD Elta Grace H GH Tarnasky Paul R PR Fogel Evan L EL Jagganath Sanjay B SB Kozarek Richard A RA Freeman Martin L ML Romagnuolo Joseph J Robuck Patricia R PR

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<h4>Background</h4>Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) is a controversial topic, especially in patients with no objective findings on laboratory or imaging studies (SOD type III). The value of ERCP manometry with sphincterotomy is unproven and carries significant risks.<h4>Objective</h4>To describe the process of planning and initiating a randomized sham-controlled study to establish whether patients with SOD respond to sphincter ablation, and whether the outcomes are predicted by the pain patte ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundBiliopancreatic-type postcholecystectomy pain, without significant abnormalities on imaging and laboratory test results, has been categorized as "suspected" sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) type III. Clinical predictors of "manometric" SOD are important to avoid unnecessary ERCP, but are unknown.ObjectiveTo assess which clinical factors are associated with abnormal sphincter of Oddi manometry (SOM).DesignProspective, cross-sectional.SettingTertiary.PatientsA total of 214 patients with suspected SOD type III underwent ERCP and pancreatic SOM (pSOM; 85% dual SOM), at 7 U.S. centers (from August 2008 to March 2012) as part of a randomized trial.InterventionsPain and gallbladder descriptors, psychosocial/functional disorder questionnaires.Main outcome measurementsAbnormal SOM findings. Univariate and multivariate analyses assessed associations between clinical characteristics and outcome.ResultsThe cohort was 92% female with a mean age of 38 years. Baseline pancreatic enzymes were increased in 5%; 9% had minor liver enzyme abnormalities. Pain was in the right upper quadrant (RUQ) in 90% (48% also epigastric); 51% reported daily abdominal discomfort. Fifty-six took narcotics an average of 33 days (of the past 90 days). Less than 10% experienced depression or anxiety. Functional disorders were common. At ERCP, 64% had abnormal pSOM findings (34% both sphincters, 21% biliary normal), 36% had normal pSOM findings, and 75% had at least abnormal 1 sphincter. Demographic factors, gallbladder pathology, increased pancreatobiliary enzymes, functional disorders, and pain patterns did not predict abnormal SOM findings. Anxiety, depression, and poorer coping were more common in patients with normal SOM findings (not significant on multivariate analysis).LimitationsGeneralizability.ConclusionsPatient and pain factors and psychological comorbidity do not predict SOM results at ERCP in suspected type III SOD. (Clinical trial registration numberNCT00688662.).

Project description:IMPORTANCE:Abdominal pain after cholecystectomy is common and may be attributed to sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. Management often involves endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with manometry and sphincterotomy. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether endoscopic sphincterotomy reduces pain and whether sphincter manometric pressure is predictive of pain relief. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS:Multicenter, sham-controlled, randomized trial involving 214 patients with pain after cholecystectomy without significant abnormalities on imaging or laboratory studies, and no prior sphincter treatment or pancreatitis randomly assigned (August 6, 2008-March 23, 2012) to undergo sphincterotomy or sham therapy at 7 referral medical centers. One-year follow-up was blinded. The final follow-up visit was March 21, 2013. INTERVENTIONS:After ERCP, patients were randomized 2:1 to sphincterotomy (n?=?141) or sham (n?=?73) irrespective of manometry findings. Those randomized to sphincterotomy with elevated pancreatic sphincter pressures were randomized again (1:1) to biliary or to both biliary and pancreatic sphincterotomies. Seventy-two were entered into an observational study with conventional ERCP managemeny. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES:Success of treatment was defined as less than 6 days of disability due to pain in the prior 90 days both at months 9 and 12 after randomization, with no narcotic use and no further sphincter intervention. RESULTS:Twenty-seven patients (37%; 95% CI, 25.9%-48.1%) in the sham treatment group vs 32 (23%; 95% CI, 15.8%-29.6%) in the sphincterotomy group experienced successful treatment (adjusted risk difference, -15.6%; 95% CI, -28.0% to -3.3%; P?=?.01). Of the patients with pancreatic sphincter hypertension, 14 (30%; 95% CI, 16.7%-42.9%) who underwent dual sphincterotomy and 10 (20%; 95% CI, 8.7%-30.5%) who underwent biliary sphincterotomy alone experienced successful treatment. Thirty-seven treated patients (26%; 95% CI,19%-34%) and 25 patients (34%; 95% CI, 23%-45%) in the sham group underwent repeat ERCP interventions (P?=?.22). Manometry results were not associated with the outcome. No clinical subgroups appeared to benefit from sphincterotomy more than others. Pancreatitis occurred in 15 patients (11%) after primary sphincterotomies and in 11 patients (15%) in the sham group. Of the nonrandomized patients in the observational study group, 5 (24%; 95% CI, 6%-42%) who underwent biliary sphincterotomy, 12 (31%; 95% CI, 16%-45%) who underwent dual sphincterotomy, and 2 (17%; 95% CI, 0%-38%) who did not undergo sphincterotomy had successful treatment. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE:In patients with abdominal pain after cholecystectomy undergoing ERCP with manometry, sphincterotomy vs sham did not reduce disability due to pain. These findings do not support ERCP and sphincterotomy for these patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION:clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00688662.

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