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Natural History of Infants With Patent Processus Vaginalis

NCT03042858 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 801

Last updated 2026-03-05

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Summary

This will be a multi-center prospective observational study of all patients who undergo laparoscopic pyloromyotomy. Subjects who have PPV will be followed up to just before their 18th birthday through annual phone calls or emails to determine the incidence and timing of subsequent inguinal hernia.

Conditions

  • Patent Processus Vaginalis
  • Inguinal Hernia

Interventions

OTHER

Infants with PPV

Data will be collected for up to 18 years to monitor for inguinal hernia.

OTHER

Infants without PPV

Basic data will be collected regarding the surgery and the subject's study participation will be complete.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Chicago

    collaborator OTHER

  • James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children

    collaborator OTHER

  • American Family Children's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation, Wisconsin

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norton Children's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    collaborator OTHER

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shawn D St. Peter, MD · Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
4 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2035-12-31
Completion
2036-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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