Autopsy report · NCT01193556

PEAK PlasmaBlade TnA Versus Traditional Electrosurgery in Subcapsular Tonsillectomy

“Termination due to acquisition of PEAK Surgical by Medtronic”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 2 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 1 year 9 months before it stopped.
• 51 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 9 months after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

Medtronic Surgical Technologies

Sponsor type

Industry

Conditions

Tonsillitis

Interventions

PEAK PlasmaBlade TnA; Traditional Electrosurgery with scalpel

Participants

51

Sites

2

Countries

United States

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  “Standard of care evolved during the timeframe of the study and had critical impact on recruitment. Early termination was not based on safety reasons but due to the reasons mentoined above. The ongoing patients were completed.” (56% 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.