In ERCP patients, pancreatitis occurred in 10/414 (2.42%) with octreotide versus 22/418 (5.26%) with placebo (P=0.046).
In plain wordsIn ERCP patients, octreotide reduced pancreatitis compared with placebo.
- Peptide
- Octreotide
- Outcome
- DecreasePost-ERCP pancreatitis
- Study
n = 832
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal protection · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 0.3 mg infusion followed by 0.1 mg at 6 and 12 h after infusion · intravenous and subcutaneous · Intravenous infusion from 1 h before endoscopy to 6 h after; subcutaneous doses at 6 and 12 h after the infusion stoppedAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Incidence of acute pancreatitis
- 2.42%
- octreotide group, 10/414
- Incidence of acute pancreatitis
- 5.26%
- control group, 22/418
- Overall incidence of acute pancreatitis
- 3.85%
- both groups
- P value
- 0.046 P
- octreotide vs control
Source sentences
The overall incidence of acute pancreatitis was 3.85%; this included 2.42% (10/414) in the octreotide group and 5.26% (22/418) in the control group (P = 0.046).
4 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Patients were randomized into two groups: an octreotide group (N = 414) and a control group (N = 418).
In the octreotide group, octreotide (0.3 mg) was dissolved in 500 mL of 0.9% saline solution and administered by continuous intravenous infusion, beginning 1 h before endoscopic examination and continued for 6 h thereafter;
0.1 mg of octreotide was injected subcutaneously at 6 and 12 h after the intravenous injection was stopped.
The control group was given a placebo intravenously.