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Operative Versus Non-Operative Management for Appendicitis With Abscess or Phlegmon

NCT04168866 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2025-08-29

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Summary

The investigators aim to determine if early operative intervention is superior to non-operative management for adult patients with computerized tomography (CT)-proven complicated appendicitis with phlegmon or abscess.

Conditions

  • Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Operative management

Surgery for computer tomography (CT)-proven complicated appendicitis with phlegmon or abscess.

OTHER

Drainage or antibiotics

If an abscess is present and amenable to percutaneous drainage this will be performed. If there is no abscess or it is not amenable to drainage antibiotics alone will be provided.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-11
Primary Completion
2028-12-31
Completion
2029-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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