| Trial name or title |
ChroPac |
| Methods |
Multicentre randomised controlled trial (observer and participant blinded) |
| Participants |
People scheduled for primary elective surgery for chronic head pancreatitis |
| Interventions |
Duodenum‐preserving pancreatic resection (Beger procedure, Frey procedure, or Berne procedure) |
| Outcomes |
Mortality, complications including pancreatic fistula, health‐related quality of life, length of hospital stay, exocrine insufficiency, and new‐onset diabetes mellitus |
| Starting date |
18 May 2009 |
| Contact information |
Dr Christoph Seiler (Christoph.Seiler@med.uni‐heidelberg.de) and Prof Marcus Buchler (Markus.Buechler@med.uni‐heidelberg.de) |
| Notes |
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