Preventive pancreatic stents in the management of acute Biliary Pancreatitis (prepast trial): Study protocol for a multicenter, prospective, randomized, interventional, controlled…

Background: The outcome of the most common biliary form of acute pancreatitis has not changed even with the better described indications for early endoscopic intervention. It may be due to the fact that this intrevention theoretically can cause further pancreatic injury or cannot always relieve the pancreatic duct obstruction. We hypothesize that maintaining the outflow of the pancreatic duct with preventive pancreatic stents at the early ERCP improves the outcome of acute biliary pancreatitis. Methods/Design: PREPAST is a prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter trial. Patients with acute biliary pancre…