Embolization in Splenic Trauma

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Trauma to the Spleen

In brief

Randomized, prospective, feasibility study to begin evaluating the efficacy, safety, and cost of using either coils or vascular plugs (VPs) for proximal splenic artery embolization in the setting of traumatic splenic injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03613454

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

48

Starts

2019-02-16

Expected to finish

2021-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-08-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients presenting to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) emergency room requiring embolization of the splenic artery

Where it is running

• April Riddle — Harpersville, Alabama, United States

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