Status:
COMPLETED
Non-operative Treatment of Acute Non-perforated Appendicitis
Lead Sponsor:
King Edward Medical University
Conditions:
Acute Appendicitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
5-15 years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Gold Standard treatment of appendicitis is appendectomy but non-operative treatment of non-perforated appendicitis with antibiotics is also under trial. Although appendectomy is curative but it is an ...
Detailed Description
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common presenting conditions in pediatric emergencies. It has an estimated lifetime risk of about 8%. Although it commonly occurs in the second decade of life but...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- • All children between 5 and 15 years of age of both genders admitted in the pediatric surgery emergency with having PAS score \>7will be included in the study.
Exclusion
- Patient with suspicion of perforated appendicitis on the basis of generalized peritonitis and abscess formation on ultrasound.
- Patients with an appendicular mass, diagnosed by clinical examination and ultrasonography.
- Patient with previous non-operative treatment of acute appendicitis (recurrent appendicitis)
- Patients with C-reactive proteins \> 40 mg/L.
- Patients with history of any previous abdominal surgery.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04030741
Start Date
September 1 2018
End Date
December 1 2020
Last Update
February 18 2021
Active Locations (1)
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King Edward Medical University
Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan