Treatment of Occult Inguinal Hernias
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04815707. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
Surgical Repair Versus Expectant Management of Occult Inguinal Hernias: Strengthening the Evidence Base and Developing a Decision Tool
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04815707
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Other
- Enrollment
- 252 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Occcult hernia repair Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- 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
- Oct 21, 2021
- Primary completion
- Sep 30, 2026
- Completion
- Sep 30, 2026
- Last update posted
- Feb 16, 2026
2021 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital | Houston | Texas | 77026 | — |
| Memorial Hermann Hospital-MIST Clinics | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Feb 16, 2026 · Synced May 20, 2026
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