Conditions: Chronic Pancreatitis Pancreatectomy Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency
Keywords: Chronic Pancreatitis Pancreatectomy Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 52
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study assessed the effect of pancrelipase delayed release capsules on fat and nitrogen absorption in subjects with PEI due to Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatectomy. There was a run-in with a 5-day of single-blind placebo treatment, followed by a 7-day Double-blind period and a 6-month Open-Label Follow-up.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Pancrelipase delayed release capsule intervention 2: Placebo Comparator
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 24,000 unit capsule intervention 2: Placebo

Protocol document: