N-Acetyl Cysteine and Reduced Incidence of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

• Efficacy of N-Acetylcysteine in preventing post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2025-11-04
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 773
  • BMC gastroenterology 25(1)
  • • Ahmad Hormati
    • Asma Mousavi
    • Shayan Shojaei
    • Atie Moghtadaei
    • Sanaz Bordbar
    • Hediyeh Alemi
    • Amir Kasaeian
    • Sadaf Sepanlou

  • PubMed: 41188701
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12876-025-04382-0

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Incidence of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  The meta-analysis demonstrated a non-significant lower incidence of post-ERCP pancreatitis in the NAC group compared to controls (Risk Ratio: 0.66; 95% Confidence Interval: 0.38-1.16).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No