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Minimal Access Repair of Contralateral Hernias (MARCH Trial)

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified December 2006 by Institute of Child Health.
Recruitment status was  Recruiting
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Institute of Child Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00293995
First received: February 17, 2006
Last updated: December 22, 2006
Last verified: December 2006
History of Changes
  Purpose

Repair of unilateral inguinal hernia in infants. Laparoscopic repair, with closure of contralateral patent processus vaginalis if present, versus open repair


Condition Intervention
Unilateral Inguinal Hernia
 Procedure: Laparaoscopic repair, with closure of contralateral patent processus vaginalis
Procedure: open repair

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Hernia
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Institute of Child Health:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • development of metachronous contralateral inguinal hernia

Estimated Enrollment: 360
Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2006
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   up to 1 Year
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • unilateral inguinal hernia

Exclusion Criteria:

-

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00293995

Contacts
Contact: Agostino Pierro A.Pierro@ich.ucl.ac.uk

Locations
United Kingdom
Addenbrookes Hospital Not yet recruiting
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Contact: Madan Samuel            
Royal Hospital for Sick Children Not yet recruiting
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Contact: Gordon MacKinlay            
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Not yet recruiting
London, United Kingdom
Contact: Munther Haddad            
King's College Hospital Not yet recruiting
London, United Kingdom
Contact: Niyi Ade-Ajayi            
Great Ormond Street Hospital Recruiting
London, United Kingdom
Sponsors and Collaborators
Institute of Child Health
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Agostino Pierro Great Ormond Street Hospital
  More Information

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00293995     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 04SG07
Study First Received: February 17, 2006
Last Updated: December 22, 2006
Health Authority: United Kingdom: Research Ethics Committee

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hernia
Hernia, Inguinal
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Hernia, Abdominal

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 17, 2013