Clinical trial · Interventional
EUS-Guided Pancreatic Injection of Cyst (EPIC) Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of the study is to learn about a new treatment for pancreatic cystic lesions. The injection of alcohol into cysts is a common way of treating cysts of the liver, kidney, and thyroid. We would like to find out if injection of alcohol would be useful for the treatment of pancreatic cystic lesions. The treatment with alcohol will use endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound (procedures that use a scope that is placed through your mouth and into your stomach). We hypothesize that more than half of the cysts which are injected with ethanol will resolve.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pancreatic Cystadenoma | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethanol injection into a cyst | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with a pancreatic cyst (1-5cm in diameter) * Capable of safely undergoing endoscopy with conscious sedation Exclusion Criteria: * Coagulopathy (INR\>1.5, PTT\>100, platelets of\< 50k) * Active infection of the cyst * Unstable cardio-pulmonary disease (active angina, home O2, or pulmonary edema)
References
Publications (2)
- DERIVEDKim KH, McGreevy K, La Fortune K, Cramer H, DeWitt J. Sonographic and cyst fluid cytologic changes after EUS-guided pancreatic cyst ablation. Gastrointest Endosc. 2017 Jun;85(6):1233-1242. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2016.09.011. Epub 2016 Sep 17. PMID 27650271
- DERIVEDDeWitt J, McGreevy K, Schmidt CM, Brugge WR. EUS-guided ethanol versus saline solution lavage for pancreatic cysts: a randomized, double-blind study. Gastrointest Endosc. 2009 Oct;70(4):710-23. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.03.1173. Epub 2009 Jul 4. PMID 19577745