Protocol Based Selective Imaging Versus Routine Computed Tomography or Ultrasound in Suspected Appendicitis
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Appendicitis
In brief
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare protocol based selective imaging to routine imaging in adult patients with suspected appendicitis. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: * Does protocol based selective imaging using clinical scoring affect clinical outcome? * Does protocol based selective observation combined with score based selective imaging affect clinical outcome? Participants will be randomized into three groups: * Selective imaging based on Adult Appendicitis Score * Selective observation based on Appendicitis Severity Score combined with selective imaging based on Adult Appendicitis Score * Routine imaging using ultrasound and/or computed tomography Researchers will compare selective imaging groups separately with routine imaging to see if number of negative appendectomies or number of complicated appendicitis is not significantly increased.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06083064
- Run by
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
- People needed
- 900
- Starts
- 2023-11-15
- Expected to finish
- 2028-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-03-12
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Suspicion of appendicitis
You may not qualify if…
- Time from symptom onset over 72 hours
- Age <18 years
- Pregnancy, ruled out by serum or urine HCG measurement in 18- to 49-year-old women
- CT-scan or ultrasound already done within the last 3 days (72 hours)
- Clinical suspicion of other disease or other reason to perform imaging study
- Recruited earlier to the same trial
Where it is running
- HUS, Jorvi Hospital — Espoo, Finland (enrolling)
- HUS, Meilahti Hospital — Helsinki, Finland (enrolling)
- HUS, Hyvinkää Hospital — Hyvinkää, Finland (enrolling)
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