Immediate Necrosectomy vs. Step-up Approach for Walled-off Necrosis
Immediate Necrosectomy vs. Step-up Approach After EUS-guided Drainage of Walled-off Necrosis: a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial (WONDER-01)
Tokyo University
70 participants
Jul 29, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Walled-off necrosis (WON) is a pancreatic fluid collection, which contains necrotic tissue after four weeks of the onset of acute pancreatitis. Interventions are required to manage patients with infected WON, for which endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided drainage has become a first-line treatment modality. For patients who are refractory to EUS-guided drainage, the step-up treatment including endoscopic necrosectomy (EN) and/or additional drainage is considered to subside the infection. Recent evidence suggests that EN immediately after EUS-guided drainage may shorten treatment duration without increasing adverse events. In this randomized trial, the investigators will compare treatment duration between EN immediately after EUS-guided drainage versus the step-up approach in patients with symptomatic WON.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- Patients with WON defined according to the revised Atlanta classification
- The longest diameter of WON is 4 cm or larger
- Patients with at least one out of the following conditions; signs of infection, gastrointestinal symptoms, abdominal symptoms, obstructive jaundice
- Patients who need drainage for WON
- Age of 18 years or older
- Patients or their representatives provide informed consent
- Patients who visit or are hospitalized at the participating institutions
Exclusion Criteria7
- WON inaccessible by EUS-guided approach
- AXIOS stent has already been placed into the WON prior to the enrollment
- Severe coagulopathy; Platelet count \< 50,000/mm3 or prothrombin time international normalized ratio (PT-INR) \>1.5
- Patients on antithrombotic agents which cannot be managed according to the "guideline for gastroenterological endoscopy in patients undergoing antithrombotic treatment (Dig Endosc. 2014 Jan;26(1):1-14.)"
- Patients who cannot tolerate endoscopic procedures
- Pregnant women
- Patients considered inappropriate for inclusion by investigators
Interventions
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided drainage will be conducted within 72 hours from randomization. A convex-type echoendoscope is advanced to the stomach or duodenum, and the walled-off necrosis (WON) is visualized and punctured under EUS guidance. A lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS), such as Hot AXIOS system (Boston Scientific Japan, Tokyo, Japan), is recommended for the initial EUS-guided drainage. For the immediate necrosectomy group, endoscopic necrosectomy (EN) will be performed in the same session of EUS-guided drainage using a gastroscope. The endoscope is inserted into the WON cavity through the LAMS, and necrotic tissue is removed using biopsy forceps, snare, or basket catheter. The EN procedures will be repeated until clinical improvement.
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)-guided drainage will be conducted within 72 hours from randomization. A convex-type echoendoscope is advanced to the stomach or duodenum, and the walled-off necrosis (WON) is visualized and punctured under EUS guidance. A lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS), such as Hot AXIOS system (Boston Scientific Japan, Tokyo, Japan), is recommended for the initial EUS-guided drainage. For the step-up approach group, an additional interventional procedure will be withheld for 72-96 hours after initial EUS-guided drainage. In cases without clinical improvement after 72-96 hours, additional drainage will be permitted, which includes increasing the number of stents, additional EUS-guided drainage, and performing percutaneous drainage (step-up treatment). Insufficient improvement even after two times of step-up treatment allows subsequent endoscopic necrosectomy (EN).
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NCT05451901