Autopsy report · NCT00524511

Comparison Study of Wound Closure at Time of Cesarean Delivery: Dermabond Glue Versus Surgical Staples

“Poor enrollment, much data was missing as patients were lost to follow up”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Ran for about 4 years 8 months before it stopped.
• 136 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 10 months after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Cesarean Section

Interventions

Surgical skin staples; Dermabond

Participants

136

Sites

1

Countries

United States

Trials that died the same way

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  “Poor enrollment, patients were lost to follow up” (90% match in meaning)
• Lateral Versus Anterior Spanning External Fixator for Tibial Plateau Fractures
  “Extremely low enrollment and very little follow-up for meaningful data” (75% match in meaning)
• Haloperidol, Droperidol, Ondansetron in Cannabis Hyperemesis
  “Lost too many patients to follow up, unable to enroll enough patients” (75% match in meaning)
• Outpatient Treatment of Gram Positive Wound Infections in the Diabetic Foot: A Pharmaco-economic Comparison of Daptomycin vs. Vancomycin Based Regimens
  “Lack of patient enrollment” (71% match in meaning)
• Insulin Degludec for the Management of Patient With Recurrent Diabetic Ketoacidosis
  “Enrollment was too low to provide statistically significant data” (71% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.