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Imaging Possible Appendicitis With CT

NCT03570398 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2018-06-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Pain in the right lower abdomen is one of the commonest reasons patients present to general surgeons as an emergency. Whether or not such patients have appendicitis is crucial to their assessment. In UK practice, when the diagnosis is unclear, ultrasound scanning (US) is commonly used to investigate the problem. US is very safe but it will only visualise the appendix in the minority of cases. As a result, the sensitivity for diagnosing appendicitis in this setting is probably only 5-30%. Alternatively, computed tomography (CT) is an accurate way of diagnosing appendicitis in over 90% of cases. CT scans are readily available and with modern scanners, high quality images can be achieved with lower radiation doses. Unenhanced scanning avoids the use of contrast media and permits further reductions in ionising radiation exposure.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

unenhanced abdomino-pelvic CT scan

unenhanced abdomino-pelvic CT scan

OTHER

abdominal ultrasound

abdominal ultrasound

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter Davis, MD · James Cook University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-15
Primary Completion
2018-02-14
Completion
2018-02-14

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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