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Comparing Proposed Algorithm and Current Practice in the Evaluation of Suspected Appendicitis

NCT03324165 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2018-09-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdominal pain requiring surgical intervention. In the current era, with diagnostic imaging technique like Computed Tomography (CT), negative appendectomy rates have been greatly reduced. However, the radiation risk with CT poses as a concern. Rules for clinical decision guiding CT utilization is thus essential to minimize unnecessary CT scans, which not only poses a radiation risk but also contributes to increased healthcare costs.

Through the development of an algorithm based on Alvarado Score for the management of acute appendicitis, investigators hope to reduce CT utilization with an acceptable negative appendectomy rate, and hence reducing unnecessary radiation and the healthcare costs involved.

Conditions

  • Acute Appendicitis

Interventions

OTHER

Proposed Algorithm

Proposed algorithm that uses Alvarado Score to guide CT utilization

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Medical Research Council (NMRC), Singapore

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Sengkang Health

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Singapore General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tan Jianhong Winson, MBBS · Singapore General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-01
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2018-09-30

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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