Autopsy report · NCT00753766

Multifactorial Pre-operative Intervention in Diabetes Mellitus

“Inadequate participant recruitment”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 2 years 11 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 2 years 11 months before it stopped.
• 1 participant enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 6 years after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

VA Office of Research and Development

Sponsor type

US federal agency

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus; Surgical Procedure, Unspecified

Interventions

Multifactorial Intervention

Participants

1

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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.