Autopsy report · NCT00540189

Initial Versus Delayed Operation for Treatment of Complicated Appendicitis In Children

“Unable to adequatly recruit”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 7 months before it started.
• Ran for about 1 year 8 months before it stopped.
• 23 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

University of Michigan

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Perforated Appendicitis

Interventions

Initial appendectomy; Interval appendectomy

Participants

23

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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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.