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Foreign BodiesNCT04921826

Potential Causes of Retained Items During Surgery

An observational study of Foreign Bodies and Surgical Sponge, Retained, run by Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University at 1 site in Saudi Arabia.

Unknown status

Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

Official record
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Trial summary

to understand and analyze the potential causes of retained items (sponge and instruments) during surgery, which include room preparations, initial count, adding sponges, removing sponges, first closing count, final closing count. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Any age
Conditions the study is for
Foreign Bodies, Surgical Sponge, Retained
What is being tested?
online survey
How many people
400 participants
Where
1 siteSaudi Arabia
Study dates
10 Jun 2021to 25 Sep 2022
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Any age
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Study population: an online survey will be send through cluster administration to operating room staff ,to answer voluntarily without compensation. informed consent was obtained. This study was exempt from review board approval at authors' institutions.

Who may be able to join

  • operating room staff of hail hospital cluster

Who cannot join

  • none

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Saudi Arabia1 site
  • Hail Health Cluster

    Ha'il, Other, 11432

Other trials in Saudi Arabia

About this study

to understand and analyze the potential causes of retained items (sponge and instruments) during surgery, which include room preparations, initial count, adding sponges, removing sponges, first closing count, final closing count.

Being tested
online survey
Medical subject headings
Foreign Bodies

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • online surveyOther

    online survey

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. study potential causes of retained item during surgery

    to understand participant opinion about the potential causes of retained item which include :room preparation with needed operating room equipment according to the specialty, initial count of sponges and instruments, adding sponges by event recording in a chart, removing sponges by event recording in a chart, first closing count in a chart , final closing count in a chart.

    Measured: 20 days

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted10 Jun 2021
  2. Study start10 Jun 2021
  3. Primary completion15 Jun 2022 (estimated)
  4. Study completion25 Sep 2022 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
400 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04921826
Sponsor's protocol ID
RETAINED ITEM DURING SURGERY
Status last verified
Aug 2021
First submitted
1 Jun 2021
Last updated
2 Sep 2021
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Foreign Bodies and Surgical Sponge, Retained, run by Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University at 1 site in Saudi Arabia.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Sep 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Saudi Arabia. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

study potential causes of retained item during surgery (time frame: 20 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Sep 2021.

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