Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Ethanol Injection of Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2015-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Cystic tumors of the pancreas are fluid-filled growths. They are often treated by surgical
removal. A safe and effective non-surgical treatment is desirable. Ethanol (alcohol)
injection may treat cysts by killing the lining cells of the cyst, and is an accepted
treatment for cysts of other organs. In this study, participants with pancreatic cysts
underwent endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guided ethanol injection of pancreatic cysts. This was
a pilot study to assess safety and efficacy.
The hypotheses of this study were 1) complications of EUS guided ethanol injection requiring
hospitalization will occur in <10% of subjects, and 2) EUS guided ethanol injection, with
retreatment as necessary, will ablate at least 50% of pancreatic cysts.