Implementation of an evidence-based management algorithm for patients with chronic pancreatitis (COMBO trial): study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is an inflammatory disease that may be complicated by abdominal pain, pancreatic dysfunction, nutritional deficiencies, and diminished bone density. Importantly, it is also associated with a substantially impaired quality of life and reduced life expecta...

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Main Authors: Florence E. M. de Rijk, Charlotte L. van Veldhuisen, Marc G. Besselink, Jeanin E. van Hooft, Hjalmar C. van Santvoort, Erwin J. M. van Geenen, Cornelis H. van Werkhoven, Pieter Jan F. de Jonge, Marco J. Bruno, Robert C. Verdonk, for the Dutch Pancreatitis Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-07044-8