Timing of Inguinal Hernia Repair in Premature Infants
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Official title
Timing of Inguinal Hernia Repair in Premature Infants: A Randomized Trial
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether early (before NICU discharge) or late (55-60 weeks post-menstrual age) inguinal hernia repair is safer for premature infants who have an inguinal hernia.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01678638
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 338 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- IH repair before NICU discharge Procedure
- IH repair at 55-60 weeks post-menstrual age Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Up to 37 Weeks
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 2013 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Apr 2023 (Actual)
- Completion
- Sep 2023 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Oct 4, 2023
2013 – 2023
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 40
- U.S. states
- 23
- U.S. cities
- 36
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine; Children's Hospital of Alabama | Birmingham | Alabama | 35233 | — |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Arkansas Children's Hospital | Little Rock | Arkansas | 72202 | — |
| Southern California Permanente Group | Los Angeles | California | 90027 | — |
| University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine; Mattel Children's & LA Biomed | Los Angeles | California | 90095 | — |
| Valley Children's Hospital | Madera | California | 93636 | — |
| Naval Medical Center San Diego | San Diego | California | 92103 | — |
| UCSD Rady Children's Hospital | San Diego | California | 92123 | — |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center | Hartford | Connecticut | 06106 | — |
| UF Health Shands Children's Hospital | Gainesville | Florida | 32608 | — |
| Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital | St. Petersburg | Florida | 33701 | — |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City | Iowa | 52242 | — |
| Tufts Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02111 | — |
| University of Minnesota Medical School; Amplatz Children's Hospital | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55455 | — |
| SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital | St Louis | Missouri | 63104 | — |
| Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; St. Louis Children's Hospital | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Children's Hospital & Medical Center of Omaha | Omaha | Nebraska | 68114 | — |
| Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | Lebanon | New Hampshire | 03756 | — |
| Albany Medical Center | Albany | New York | 12208 | — |
| Oishei Children's Hospital of Buffalo | Buffalo | New York | 14203 | — |
| Columbia University Irving Medical Center | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| Cohen Children's Medical Center | Queens | New York | 11040 | — |
| Duke University Medical Center; Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center | Durham | North Carolina | 27710 | — |
| Akron Children's Hospital | Akron | Ohio | 44308 | — |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45229 | — |
| Ohio State University College of Medicine; Nationwide Children's Hospital | Columbus | Ohio | 43205 | — |
| Dayton Children's Hospital | Dayton | Ohio | 45404 | — |
| OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital | Portland | Oregon | 97239 | — |
| Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island | Providence | Rhode Island | 02905 | — |
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | — |
| Children's Hospital at Erlanger UT Chattanooga | Chattanooga | Tennessee | 37403 | — |
| University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Le Bonheur Children's Hospital | Memphis | Tennessee | 38103 | — |
| Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | — |
| University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center; Children's Medical Center | Dallas | Texas | 75235 | — |
| Baylor College of Medicine; Texas Children's Hospital | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Primary Children's Hospital University of Utah | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84113 | — |
| UVA Children's Hospital | Charlottesville | Virginia | 22903 | — |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center; Children's Hospital of Richmond | Richmond | Virginia | 23284 | — |
| University of Washington School of Medicine; Seattle Children's Hospital | Seattle | Washington | 98105 | — |
| Medical College of Wisconsin; Children's Hospital of Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 53226 | — |
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- Last update posted Oct 4, 2023 · Synced Oct 25, 2026
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