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Appendectomy for Appendicitis (DELAY Trial)

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Research Sponsored by Queen's University
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up within 30 days of surgery
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DELAY Trial Summary

This trial will compareappendectomy timing in adult patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected acute appendicitis. The primary outcome will be 30 day postoperative complications.

DELAY Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~index admission
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and index admission for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary outcome measures
30 Day Post Operative Complications
Secondary outcome measures
Length of Stay - Index Admission
Operative Surgical Procedures
Operative Time
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DELAY Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Delayed AppendectomyExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Patients will undergo appendectomy the morning following the decision to operate. This group will have an anticipated delay between 3 - 14 hours from the decision to operate, with a surgical start time between 0530 - 0900.
Group II: Immediate AppendectomyActive Control1 Intervention
Patients will undergo appendectomy within 6 hours of the decision to operate. Surgery will take place between 2000 - 0400.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Appendectomy
2018
Completed Phase 3
~4630

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Queen's UniversityLead Sponsor
366 Previous Clinical Trials
121,610 Total Patients Enrolled
London Health Sciences CentreOTHER
143 Previous Clinical Trials
49,831 Total Patients Enrolled
Kingston Health Sciences CentreLead Sponsor
31 Previous Clinical Trials
33,988 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
(D)Elayed vs. (E)Arly (L)Aparoscopic (A)Ppendectom(Y)
Sunil Patel 2018. "(D)Elayed vs. (E)Arly (L)Aparoscopic (A)Ppendectom(Y)". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03524573.
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