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Long-Term Outcome of Immediate Versus Postponed Intervention in Patients With Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis (POINTER): Multicenter Randomized Trial.
Annals of Surgery 2023 July 18
OBJECTIVE: To compare the long-term outcomes of immediate drainage versus the postponed drainage approach in patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis.
SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: In the randomized POINTER trial, patients assigned to the postponed-drainage approach using antibiotic treatment required fewer interventions, as compared to immediate drainage, and over a third were treated without any intervention.
METHODS: Clinical data of those patients alive after the initial 6-month follow-up were re-evaluated. Primary outcome was a composite of death and major complications.
RESULTS: Out of 104 patients, 88 were re-evaluated with a median follow-up of 51 months. After the initial 6-month follow-up, the primary outcome occurred in 7 of 47 patients (15%) in the immediate-drainage group and 7 of 41 patients (17%) in the postponed-drainage group (RR 0.87, 95% CI 0.33-2.28; P =0.78). Additional drainage procedures were performed in 7 patients (15%) versus 3 patients (7%) (RR 2.03; 95% CI 0.56-7.37; P =0.34). The median number of additional interventions was 0 (IQR 0-0) in both groups ( P =0.028). In the total follow-up, the median number of interventions was higher in the immediate-drainage group than in the postponed-drainage group (4 vs. 1, P =0.001). Eventually, 14 of 15 patients (93%) in the postponed-drainage group who were successfully treated in the initial 6-month follow-up with antibiotics and without any intervention, remained without intervention. At the end of follow-up, pancreatic function and quality of life were similar.
CONCLUSIONS: Also during long-term follow-up, a postponed drainage approach using antibiotics in patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis results in fewer interventions as compared to immediate drainage, and should therefore be the preferred approach.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN33682933.
SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: In the randomized POINTER trial, patients assigned to the postponed-drainage approach using antibiotic treatment required fewer interventions, as compared to immediate drainage, and over a third were treated without any intervention.
METHODS: Clinical data of those patients alive after the initial 6-month follow-up were re-evaluated. Primary outcome was a composite of death and major complications.
RESULTS: Out of 104 patients, 88 were re-evaluated with a median follow-up of 51 months. After the initial 6-month follow-up, the primary outcome occurred in 7 of 47 patients (15%) in the immediate-drainage group and 7 of 41 patients (17%) in the postponed-drainage group (RR 0.87, 95% CI 0.33-2.28; P =0.78). Additional drainage procedures were performed in 7 patients (15%) versus 3 patients (7%) (RR 2.03; 95% CI 0.56-7.37; P =0.34). The median number of additional interventions was 0 (IQR 0-0) in both groups ( P =0.028). In the total follow-up, the median number of interventions was higher in the immediate-drainage group than in the postponed-drainage group (4 vs. 1, P =0.001). Eventually, 14 of 15 patients (93%) in the postponed-drainage group who were successfully treated in the initial 6-month follow-up with antibiotics and without any intervention, remained without intervention. At the end of follow-up, pancreatic function and quality of life were similar.
CONCLUSIONS: Also during long-term follow-up, a postponed drainage approach using antibiotics in patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis results in fewer interventions as compared to immediate drainage, and should therefore be the preferred approach.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN33682933.
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