Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT00540189
Initial Versus Delayed Operation for Treatment of Complicated Appendicitis In Children
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 23 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 2 Years – 17 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
To determine the most cost effective way to treat children with perforated appendicitis we will randomize all children presenting with perforated appendicitis to initial operation, with in 24 hours of admission, or to initial antibiotics, with or without percutaneous drainage, and subsequent interval appendectomy after 8 weeks. Our outcomes will include cost, complications, length of stay, and quality of life measures.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Initial appendectomy | |
| PROCEDURE | Interval appendectomy |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2010-01-01
- Completion
- 2010-01-01
- First posted
- 2007-10-05
- Last updated
- 2016-12-19
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00540189. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.