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Tonsillectomy in Recurrent Tonsillitis

NCT00136877 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2006-12-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether tonsillectomy is effective in preventing further streptococcal pharyngitis episodes in patients with recurrent tonsillitis.

Conditions

  • Tonsillitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

(adeno)tonsillectomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oulu University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Olli-Pekka Alho, MD · Dept of Otolaryngology, University of Oulu, Finland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-10-31
Completion
2005-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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