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Neonatal Laparotomy - A Trial Investigating the Impact of Location of Surgery

NCT07754435 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2026-08-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a pilot randomised trial allocating neonates requiring emergency laparotomy to surgery either on the neonatal unit or in the operating theatre.

Outcome will include physiological markers of instability, wound infection, death and others. There will also be a concurrent qualitative workstream exploring the impact of different practices on the wider clinical environment.

Conditions

  • Necrotising Enterocolitis Neonatal

Interventions

PROCEDURE

IN theatre

Surgery will take place in the operating theatre

PROCEDURE

ON unit

Surgery will take place on the neonatal unit

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-10-31
Primary Completion
2027-12-31
Completion
2028-03-31

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