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RCT - Does Treating Incompetent Perforators Reduce Recurrence?

NCT01949207 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 190

Last updated 2014-05-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this randomised case-controlled trial is to investigate whether ablation of incompetent perforating vein in addition to ablation of truncal vein reduces the rate of recurrent varicose veins post-treatment compared with patients who only have ablation of the truncal vein, who are left with untreated incompetent perforating veins.

Conditions

  • Varicose Veins

Interventions

PROCEDURE

EVLA

Endovenous laser ablation of great saphenous vein

PROCEDURE

phlebectomies

removal of incompetent veins

PROCEDURE

TRansluminal Occlusion of Perforators (TRLOP)

TRansluminal Occlusion of Perforators (TRLOP) closure of incompetent perforators.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Whiteley Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark S Whiteley, Professor · The Whiteley Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2019-09-30
Completion
2019-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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