Autopsy report · NCT02356237

The Effect of Episiotomy on Maternal and Fetal Outcomes (EPITRIAL)

“Slower than expected recruitment rate, and larger than expected required sample.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 4 months before it started.
• Ran for about 2 years 11 months before it stopped.
• 676 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

Lena Sagi-Dain

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Anal Sphincter Injury

Interventions

No episiotomy

Participants

676

Sites

1

Countries

Israel

Trials that died the same way

• Pilot Study of Treatment for Subclinical AMR (Antibody-mediated Rejection) in Kidney Transplant Recipients
  “Slower than expected recruitment rate” (91% match in meaning)
• Serum-derived Bovine Immunoglobulin Effect on Mucositis
  “Recruitment slower than anticipated” (86% match in meaning)
• IU Health Krannert Personalized Medicine Study
  “Slower than anticipated recruitment” (86% match in meaning)
• Zotarolimus-Versus Sirolimus-Versus PacliTaxel-Eluting Stent for Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients
  “The recruitment rate was much slower than expected.” (86% match in meaning)
• Efficacy of Prednisone In the Treatment of Ocular Myasthenia
  “Slow recruitment rate” (85% 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.