Comparison of Medical and Surgical Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Children
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Brief summary
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Several prior studies have demonstrated that medical management of acute appendicitis in adults is a safe first-line therapy option. This study aims to determine whether non-operative management of uncomplicated acute appendicitis with antibiotics is non-inferior to operative management in a pediatric population. This study will be a randomized controlled trial comparing non-operative management with antibiotics to surgical management of uncomplicated acute appendicitis. The hypothesis is that antibiotics are not worse than surgery for the treatment of uncomplicated appendicitis in children.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02991937
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 39 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 6 Years to 17 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 30, 2016
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2020
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2020
- Last update posted
- Jan 20, 2022
2016 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York | New York | 10016 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 20, 2022 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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