Optimal Care of Complicated Appendicitis
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Brief summary
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When the appendix becomes infected and inflamed, it is called appendicitis. Sometimes, if the infection and inflammation get worse, the appendix can die or burst, leading to a larger infection or even pus pockets around the appendix. This is called complicated, or perforated, appendicitis. Three common treatments for complicated appendicitis are * appendectomy (removal of the appendix) right away * appendectomy several weeks after the diagnosis * treating the appendicitis without performing an appendectomy This study seeks to determine which of these three approaches is most cost-effective in children with complicated appendicitis.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03159754
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 40 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Early Appendectomy Procedure
- Interval Appendectomy Procedure
- Antibiotics Drug
Procedure · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 5 Years to 17 Years
- 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 28, 2017
- Primary completion
- Mar 25, 2020
- Completion
- Mar 25, 2020
- Last update posted
- Nov 27, 2023
2017 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48109 | — |
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