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Robot-assisted Versus Open Lateral Pancreaticojejunostomy for the Treatment of Symptomatic Chronic Pancreatitis (PANACOTTA)

NCT07109180 · Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA) · Updated 7 Aug 2025

What is being tested
Robot-assisted lateral pancreaticojejunostomy; Open lateral pancreaticojejunostomy
For
Chronic Pancreatitis; Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgical Technique; Robot Surgica; Robot Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Pancreaticojunostomy
Kind of study
Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. No drug phase (a device or procedure study).
Who can join
Ages 18 years and older. About 28 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
Where
Netherlands
When
Starts or started 16 April 2025, ends 31 Dec 2026. Registered 7 Aug 2025.
Results
None posted yet.

In the researchers' words

PANACOTTA is a multicenter randomized controlled trial including patients with symptomatic chronic pancreatitis and a dilated main pancreatic duct to either robot-assisted or open lateral pancreaticojejunostomy. The PANACOTTA trial will assess the post-operative quality of recovery following robot-assisted versus open lateral pancreaticojejunostomy.
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT07109180

Sites

  • Amsterdam UMCAmsterdam, Netherlands