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Is Interval Appendectomy Necessary?

NCT01853683 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2016-11-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical problems in children, with 20-35% of patients having perforated by the time they present to a doctor. In these cases, the patient is often treated non-surgically with antibiotics. Once a patient has improved, it is not known whether it is better to perform an interval appendectomy (IA) or to continue a watchful waiting approach. The purpose of this trial is to determine if expectant nonoperative management (watchful waiting) is not inferior compared to IA management after successful conservative treatment of appendiceal mass at admission.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Conservative Management

PROCEDURE

Operative Management

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ahmed Nasr, MD · Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-04-30
Completion
2016-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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