title: Efficacy of lanreotide 30 mg on prevention of pain relapse after oral refeeding in patients with necrotizing acute pancreatitis. A phase II prospective multicentre study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pain relapse after oral refeeding occurs in 21% of the patients with acute pancreatitis, and in 35% of those with CT Balthazar's score > or =D [Gut 1997;40:262]. Somatostatin analogues may decrease the pain relapse rate by inhibiting exocrine pancreatic secretion. AIMS, PATIENTS AND METHODS: To assess the frequency of pain relapse in patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis after treatment with one intramuscular injection of lanreotide 30 mg on the day before refeeding. The refeeding procedure was standardized and progressive.
  
  
  RESULTS
  23 patients were included in 4 centres. Acute pancreatitis was alcoholic (n = 11), biliary (n = 7), other (n = 5). Twelve patients had > or =3 Ranson's criteria. Balthazar's score (1985) was D or E in 7 and 16 patients, respectively. Median duration of pain and of interruption of oral feeding were 11 (3-23) and 16 (5-34) days, respectively. Median hospital stay was 22 (9-41) days. Only 1 patient (4.3 %) had pain occurring 3 days after refeeding.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pain relapse occurred in 4.3% of patients pretreated with the somatostatin analogue lanreotide, and this figure is lower than the expected 35% rate which was previously reported without preventive treatment. This suggests that one intramuscular injection of lanreotide 30 mg on the day before refeeding could decrease pain relapse in patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis, but has to be confirmed in a phase III study.
authors.affiliation: Fédération médico-chirurgicale d'hépato-gastroentérologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France. philippe.levy@bjn.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lévy
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hastier
authors.forename: Ramuntcho
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arotçarena
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bartolie
authors.forename: Muriel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bougeard-Julien
authors.forename: Joëlle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blumberg
authors.forename: Dermot
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Toole
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruszniewski
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; C060347:lanreotide; D013004:Somatostatin