TRIAD Appendicitis Decision-making Surveys

Completed

Conditions studied: Appendicitis

In brief

While appendectomy has been the main treatment of appendicitis for over 100 years, recent European studies found that, at least among highly selected patients, antibiotics alone can be an effective alternative. Surgeons and patients alike have a difficult time deciding if surgery or antibiotics are the best choice to treat appendicitis. The goal of the TRIAD is to evaluate the patients who are a part of the TRIAD implementation program and assess satisfaction and decisional regret for patients with appendicitis. This information will be used to inform the design of decision-support interventions to help patients improve their ability to make an informed decision in-line with their preferences and values.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05887414

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

2542

Starts

2022-10-01

Expected to finish

2026-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-24

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Any patient the clinical team feels is appropriate for considering either surgery or antibiotics for their initial appendicitis treatment

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant patients
• Immunocompromised patients
• Patients with high complication risk of recurrent infections
• Evidence of severe phlegmon or walled off abscess or free air on imaging
• Septic shock
• Diffuse peritonitis
• Patients under 18 years old

Where it is running

• Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park — Baldwin Park, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente Riverside — Riverside, California, United States
• Grady Health System / Morehouse School of Medicine — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Northwestern Medicine — Chicago, Illinois, United States
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
• Boston Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Michigan Medicine- University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
• Atrium Health — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
• Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
• Lyndon B Johnson- Harris Health — Houston, Texas, United States
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Houston, Texas, United States
• Texas Tech University — Lubbock, Texas, United States
• Harborview Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States
• Northwest Hospital and Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States
• University of Washington Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States

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