Perform Necrotic Cavity Lavage or Not After Debridement of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) should be treated by debridement and drainage. In recent years, the results of clinical research show that minimally invasive debridement such as video-assisted (laparoscope, nephroscope, endoscopy, etc.) and total laparoscopic debridement can significantly improve the prognosis of IPN patients. After a long period of clinical practice, laparoscope-assisted debridement was selected as the main surgical method in our center. In many large-scale clinical studies, patients after surgery underwent necrotic cavity lavage (such as small omental sac lavage, retroperitoneal space lavage, peripancreatic lavage, etc.), but its necessity and clinical significance were not clearly stated in the guidelines. At present, the clinical research mainly focuses on the improvement of minimally invasive debridement, and less on the necessity of lavage. In the past, necrotic cavity lavage was performed in IPN patients, but long-term clinical observation showed that lavage may lead to spread of infection and increase the incidence of lower extremity venous thrombosis which is not accorded with ERAS(Enhanced Recovery After Surgery). Therefore, since 2012, our center has stopped necrotic cavity lavage for IPN patients after debridement. We retrospectively analyzed the therapeutic effect from February 2014 to August 2017 and found that even without necrotic cavity lavage, better therapeutic effect could be achieved. Meanwhile it can simplify the operation process and avoid infection spread. This treatment method provides a new idea. However, it is a retrospective study not a randomized controlled trials(RCT) which is low effectiveness of proof. Therefore, we design this RCT to verify the necessity of necrotic cavity lavage after laparoscope-assisted debridement for patients with infected pancreatic necrosis.

Official Title
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A Randomized Controlled Trials on the Effect of Necrotic Cavity Lavage After Laparoscope-assisted Debridement for Patients With Infected Pancreatic Necrosis

Conditions
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Pancreatitis,Acute Necrotizing, Pancreas Necrosis

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: necrotic cavity lavage


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: diagnosis of IPN onset time of >4 weeks performance of LAD for IPN provision of written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: the highest temperature in 24 hours of ≥38.5ºC new organ failure occurring within 24 hours after the operation digestive tract fistula, biliary tract or digestive tract obstruction, or bleeding occurring within 24 hours after the operation abdominal pressure of ≥10 mmHg within 24 hours after the operation traumatic pancreatitis or a pancreatic fistula-related infection after the pancreatic operation

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: necrotic cavity lavage<br>This arm was performed necrotic cavity lavage after debridement | Procedure: necrotic cavity lavage<br>* At least two 30- to 36-Fr drainage tubes will be placed into each necrotic cavity. One of these drainage tubes will be used as the lavage tube; the other tube is designed for drainage. Lavage will begin on the first day after debridement, and the relevant indices will be evaluated every 7 days to decide whether to continue the lavage. 1200 mL of normal saline will be lavaged into each necrotic cavity every day at a speed of 200 mL/h for 3 hours each time and for a total of two times. The start times of lavage will be 08:00 and 20:00. The lavage and drainage volumes of the first hour and second hour of each lavage session will be calculated. The lavage of the next hour will be stopped if the lavage volume minus the drainage volume is >100 mL. Lavage will be suspended if abdominal pain and distention occur, the maximum body temperature is >38.5ºC, or the abdominal pressure is ≥15 mmHg during the lavage procedure.<br>|
| No Intervention: non-necrotic cavity lavage<br>This arm was not performed necrotic cavity lavage after debridement | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| sum rate of mortality and major complications | number of deaths and major complications (new organ failure or intraperitoneal hemorrhage/gastrointestinal fistula requiring surgical treatment)/total enrollment | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| physiological parameter | body temperature in degree centigrade | through study completion, an average of 2 months | 
| physiological parameter | abdominal pressure in mmHg | through study completion, an average of 2 months | 
| assay index | white blood cell in 109/L | through study completion, an average of 2 months | 
| assay index | c-reactive protein in mg/L | through study completion, an average of 2 months | 
| assay index | procalcitonin in ng/ml | through study completion, an average of 2 months | 
| assay index | interleukin-6 in pg/ml | through study completion, an average of 2 months | 
| incidence of peritonitis and lower extremity deep vein thrombosis | postoperative complication | through study completion, an average of 2 months | 
| Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (range:0-71) | The score shows the severity of the patients and higher scores mean a worse outcome | through study completion, an average of 2 months | 
| Total stay in hospital | The time for the patient staying in hospital measured in days | through study completion, an average of 2 months | 
| Length of stay in Intensive Care Unit | The time for the patient staying in Intensive Care Unit measured in days | through study completion, an average of 2 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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infected pancreatic necrosis, laparoscope-assisted debridement, necrotic cavity lavage, acute pancreatitis