MedTrace Logo

Low vs. Standard Dose CT for Appendicitis Trial

NCT01925014 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3074

Last updated 2019-01-31

Study results available
· View outcomes & findings →

Summary

To determine whether low-dose (LD) CT is noninferior to standard-dose (SD) computed tomography (CT) as the first-line imaging test in adolescents and young adults in regard to negative appendectomy rate (NAR).

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Diagnostic CT with low-dose radiation

Effective dose is aimed at approximately 2 millisievert (mSv) in an average patient.

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Diagnostic CT with standard-dose radiation

Effective dose is aimed at approximately 8 millisievert (or less) in an average patient.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health & Welfare, Korea

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Radiology Imaging Network of Korea for Clinical Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • The LOCAT Group

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Kyoung Ho Lee, MD

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kyoung Ho Lee, MD · Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

  • Kyuseok Kim, MD · Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2017-02-28

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01925014 on ClinicalTrials.gov