Autopsy report · NCT00933348

Safety and Efficacy of the Fruit-based Product OPAL A for the Treatment of Chronic Venous and Pressure Ulcers

“Slow recruitment caused rethink on the study design”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 6 months before it started.
• Suspended: paused, and may or may not restart.
• 30 participants planned (an estimate, not an actual count).

Vital statistics

Status

Suspended

Phase

Phase 2

Sponsor

Phoenix Eagle Company

Sponsor type

Industry

Conditions

Venous Ulcer; Pressure Ulcer

Interventions

OPAL A; Placebo

Participants

30 (planned, not actual)

Sites

1

Countries

Australia

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  “Poor recruitment to the study” (78% match in meaning)
• Imaging Location of Hamstring Muscle Lesions in Sport and Relationships With Injury Mechanism.
  “Reduced recruitment potential for study participants.” (78% match in meaning)
• Randomized, Blinded, Sham-controlled Trial of Acupuncture for the Management of Joint Pain in Patients With Psoriasis
  “Not enough study participants, difficulties in recruitment” (76% match in meaning)
• Nifedipine or Nifedipine Plus Indomethacin for Treatment of Acute Preterm Labor
  “Study halted due to slow recruitment” (76% 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.