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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy or Conservative Treatment in the Acute Cholecystitis of Elderly Patients

NCT02972944 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2021-10-20

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Summary

Cholecystectomy is the only curative treatment for gallstone disease of acute calculous cholecystitis.The purpose of this study is to find the most effective treatment (laparoscopic cholecystectomy vs. conservative) for elderly patients with acute cholecystitis. Therefore a randomized multi-centre study of 200 elderly patients suffering from acute cholecystitis is performed with additional cohort of all elderly patients with acute cholecystitis in the study hospitals during study period.

Conditions

  • Cholecystitis, Acute

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

PROCEDURE

Non-operative treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Turku University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Tampere University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oulu University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mikkeli Central Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • North Karelia Central Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Jyväskylä Central Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Päijänne Tavastia Central Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Central Hospital of Hämeenlinna

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Central Hospital of Jorvi

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-31
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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