Autopsy report · NCT00860379

The Effect of Selenium Supplementation Among Pediatric Patients With Burns

“Due to a shift in primary responsibilities, the PI was not longer able to enroll subjects.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 2 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 10 years 11 months before it stopped.
• 14 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 1 year 7 months after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 4

Sponsor

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Burns

Interventions

Selenium1; Selenium2; Placebo

Participants

14

Sites

1

Countries

United States

Trials that died the same way

• Sleep Spindles and Memory in Rolandic Epilepsy
  “Subjects were never enrolled and PI moved” (80% match in meaning)
• Hybrid Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery System in Type 1 Diabetes Candidates for a Living Donor Kidney Transplant
  “PI was unable to enroll anyone.” (77% match in meaning)
• Isometric Intervention for Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy
  “PI no longer at the institution; departmental permission to deactivate study” (72% match in meaning)
• Gut Microbiome and Depression
  “Change in PI and lack of personnel available to complete futher enrollment” (71% match in meaning)
• Coping, Perceived Meaning, Joy, Horizontal Civility at Work
  “PI no longer at institution” (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.