Clinical trials: Infection Abdominal
Ventral Hernia, Umbilical Hernia
Case-control Study of Mesh-infection After a Size Tailored Hernia Repair With C-Qur V-Patch
Ventral hernias, such as umbilical, epigastric and trocar-site hernias, are best repaired with abdominal wall reinforcement by mesh implantation.
- Conditions
- Ventral Hernia, Umbilical Hernia, Epigastric Hernia, Trocar-site Hernia
- Trial name
- Re-SITUP (NCT01761708)
- Testing
- primary ventral hernia repair with mesh
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Algemeen Ziekenhuis Maria Middelares
Intraabdominal Abscess After Procedure, Leakage
Outcome After Laparoscopic Surgery for Peptic Ulcer Perforation
Despite advances in laparoscopic surgery for perforated peptic ulcer (PPU), intra-abdominal abscess (IAA) is recognized as one of the commonly reported complications with relation to the extent of infectious abdominal…
- Conditions
- Intraabdominal Abscess After Procedure, Leakage, Pneumonia, Operation Wound; Infection
- Trial name
- NCT05147870
- Testing
- Peritoneal irrigation, Suction only
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Wei-Jung
Laryngeal Masks, Pharyngitis
Postoperative Sore Throat in Children: Comparison Between Two Supraglottic Devices, Ambu® AuraOnce™ Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) and I-Gel®.
Sore throat is minor but well recognized complaint after receiving general anaesthesia. It is rated as 8th most undesirable outcome in postoperative period.It not only affects the patient's satisfaction but also can affect…
- Conditions
- Laryngeal Masks, Pharyngitis, Minors, Anesthesia
- Trial name
- NCT03140228
- Testing
- I-Gel, LMA
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Appendicitis (Diagnosis), Acute Appendicitis
Alvarado Score in the Meta Department
The project aims to determine the frequency of use of the Alvarado score among emergency department physicians at facilities in Villavicencio, Colombia.
- Trial name
- NCT07370896
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Departamental de Villavicencio
Cardiometabolic Risk, Abdominal Obesity
Synergistic Innovative Functional Food Concepts to Neutralize Inflammation for Cardiometabolic Risk Prevention
The aim of the study is to evaluate the synergistic effects of daily consumption of food products fortified with bioactive components (fibres, polyphenols, omega-3, Slow Digestible Starch) for 9 weeks, compared to the daily…
- Trial name
- SINFONI (NCT04190706)
- Testing
- bioactive components fortified food products intake (biscuits and cookies), control food products intake (biscuits and cookies)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Surgical Site Infection
Environmental Risk Factors of Mesh Infection After Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair
Mesh infection is the main complication in abdominal hernia repair. In case of infection, a conservative management of mesh is not always possible.
- Trial name
- NCT04174976
- Testing
- wall hernia repair
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Appendicitis
The Circulating Fibrocyte - a Novel and Accurate Biomarker in Diagnosing Acute Appendicitis in Adults
Accurate diagnostic biomarkers for acute appendicitis (AA) are lacking. Circulating fibrocytes (CFs) are increased in inflammatory states. It is not known whether they are altered in appendicitis.
- Trial name
- NCT03988660
- Testing
- Circulating fibrocytes
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Limerick
Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure
Evaluation of Implementation of a National Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Program
This VA QUERI Partnered Evaluation Initiative will evaluate the impact of an immersive Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Course on provider skill acquisition and retention; the frequency of POCUS use by trained providers…
- Conditions
- Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Trial name
- NCT03296280
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Appendicitis
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Pediatric Surgery
Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency in children. Non-perforated appendicitis patients do not require antibiotics after appendectomy.
- Trial name
- AbxPS (NCT02270996)
- Testing
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alberta Children's Hospital
Acute Appendicitis, Acute Appendicitis With Rupture
Prostaglandin-E Urinary Metabolite (PGE-M) as a Predictor of Acute Appendicitis in Children
Diagnosing acute appendicitis in children remains a clinical challenge, with delayed or incorrect diagnosis potentially leading to serious complications or unnecessary surgery.
- Conditions
- Acute Appendicitis, Acute Appendicitis With Rupture, Abdominal Pain (AP)
- Trial name
- NCT07008092
- Testing
- Blood specimen collection, Urine collection
- Where
- Croatia
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KBC Split
Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection, Laboratory Confirmed Clostridium Difficile Infection
Oral Vancomycin Followed by Fecal Transplant Versus Tapering Oral Vancomycin
Recurrent CDI is a growing problem with few treatment options that provide lasting effect. Fecal transplantation has been shown in several case series to be successful in controlling recurrent CDI.
- Trial name
- NCT01226992
- Testing
- Vancomycin, Fecal Transplant
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Perforated Appendicitis, Postoperative Infection
Two Different Antibiotics Versus One Antibiotic for Pediatric Perforated Appendicitis
After appendix has been removed for perforated appendicitis, patients will receive postoperative antibiotics. In the last 5 years, the literature has transitioned from a 3 -drug therapy to 2-drug therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT03289351
- Testing
- Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Phoenix Children's Hospital
Appendicitis Acute, Appendicitis
Safety & Feasibility of PERIsign System in Demonstrating Involuntary Muscle Defense as a Sign of Peritonitis in Subjects With Appendicitis
This will be an explorative, proof-of-principle, open, multi-center investigation. The investigation aims to investigate the safety of the PERIsign system and the ability of physicians to differentiate between healthy individuals…
- Conditions
- Appendicitis Acute, Appendicitis, Abdominal Pain, Peritonitis
- Trial name
- PeriSaFe01 (NCT06296953)
- Testing
- PERIsign examination
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- STB INN AB
Pain, Appendicitis
Laparoscopic Transversus Abdominis Plane Block (LTAP) for Appendicectomy Versus Standard Port Site Treatment
This study aims to compare Laparoscopic assisted LTAP (Transversus Abdominis Plane) to standard port-site infiltration in terms of post-operative visual analogue scores (VAS) for pain at 3, 6, 12 and 24 hours following…
- Conditions
- Pain, Appendicitis, Surgery, Analgesia
- Trial name
- TapBlock (NCT05427266)
- Testing
- Tap Block - Bupivacaine
- Volunteers
- 172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Acute Appendicitis
Non-operative Treatment of Acute Non-perforated Appendicitis
Gold Standard treatment of appendicitis is appendectomy but non-operative treatment of non-perforated appendicitis with antibiotics is also under trial.
- Trial name
- NCT04030741
- Testing
- Meronem and flagyl, Appendectomy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King Edward Medical University
Surgical Site Infection, Gynecologic Cancer
Effectiveness of Wound Drains for the Prevention Of Surgical sITe infectION
The aim of the present randomized trial is to assess the efficacy of wound drains in terms of reducing the rates of surgical site infection in obese patients with gynecological cancer.
- Conditions
- Surgical Site Infection, Gynecologic Cancer, Wound Drain
- Trial name
- POSITION (NCT05179122)
- Testing
- Surgical drain
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Acute Appendicitis
Clinical Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis with Normal WBCS Count with Role of Inflammatory Markers and Radiology
The aim of this study is to describe the proportion of pa-tients with normal preoperative inflammatorymarkers among patients with histopathologically proven acute appendicitis
- Trial name
- NCT06834958
- Testing
- Appendectomy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Superficial Surgical Site Infection
Collagen-Gentamicin Implant in the Treatment of Contaminated Surgical Abdominal Wounds
The investigators' hypothesis is that placement of CollatampG in the subcutaneous layer of contaminated abdominal wounds is effective prophylaxis for superficial surgical site infection (SSI).
- Trial name
- NCT00977405
- Testing
- Collatamp Gentamicin Implant
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Singapore General Hospital
Acute Appendicitis
MANAGEMENT OF APPENDICITIS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
During the Covid-19 pandemic, non-operative management for acute appendicitis (AA) was implemented in the UK. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy and outcomes of conservative versus surgical management of AA…
- Trial name
- observational (NCT04615728)
- Testing
- laparoscopic or open appendicectomy
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Surgical Site Infections
Examination of the Effect of Skin Antisepsis With Pre-heated Povidone Iodine on Surgical Site Infections: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Surgical Site Infections (SSI) develop as a complication of surgical care 30-90 days after surgery without implants and within 1 year after implanted operations.
- Trial name
- NCT04969302
- Testing
- Follow-up
- Where
- Cyprus
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eastern Mediterranean University