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Conservative Treatment of Acute Appendicitis in Children

NCT01572558 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2012-10-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a feasibility study that will be performed at the Astrid Lindgren Children´s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. It will involve 50 patients, randomized to either conservative, non-operative, treatment with antibiotics OR surgery. The study will test an computerized randomization system, the availability of patients willing to participate in the trial and the trial protocol. The investigators will assess the characteristics of the patients who agree to participate in the study and those who do not. The investigators will explore short term outcome and design suitable long term outcome measures.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis
  • Child

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Appendectomy

Standard surgical treatment, normally laparoscopic appendectomy

DRUG

Conservative, non-surgical treatment

Non-surgical treatment, intravenous and oral antibiotics. Meropenem and Metronidazol will be used as intravenous antibiotics, Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazol will be used as oral antibiotics.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Karolinska University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jan F Svensson, MD · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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