Authors
Georgios I Papachristou, Jorge D Machicado, Tyler Stevens, Mahesh Kumar Goenka, Miguel Ferreira, Silvia C Gutierrez, Vikesh K Singh, Ayesha Kamal, Jose A Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Mario Pelaez-Luna, Aiste Gulla, Narcis O Zarnescu, Konstantinos Triantafyllou, Sorin T Barbu, Jeffrey Easler, Carlos Ocampo, Gabriele Capurso, Livia Archibugi, Gregory A Cote, Louis Lambiase, Rakesh Kochhar, Tiffany Chua, Subhash Ch Tiwari, Haq Nawaz, Walter G Park, Enrique De-Madaria, Peter J Lee, Bechien U Wu, Phil J Greer, Mohannad Dugum, Efstratios Koutroumpakis, Venkata Akshintala, Amir Gougol
Publication date
2017
Journal
Annals of Gastroenterology: Quarterly Publication of the Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
Volume
30
Issue
1
Pages
106
Publisher
The Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
Description
Background
We have established a multicenter international consortium to better understand the natural history of acute pancreatitis (AP) worldwide and to develop a platform for future randomized clinical trials.
Methods
The AP patient registry to examine novel therapies in clinical experience (APPRENTICE) was formed in July 2014. Detailed web-based questionnaires were then developed to prospectively capture information on demographics, etiology, pancreatitis history, comorbidities, risk factors, severity biomarkers, severity indices, health-care utilization, management strategies, and outcomes of AP patients.
Results
Between November 2015 and September 2016, a total of 20 sites (8 in the United States, 5 in Europe, 3 in South America, 2 in Mexico and 2 in India) prospectively enrolled 509 AP patients. All data were entered into the REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) database by participating centers …
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