Acute AppendicitisASI2NCT06059365
Clinical Trial for a Outpatient Clinical Management for Complicated Acute Appendicitis
A study testing Hospitalization and Outpatient in people with Acute Appendicitis and Appendicitis Perforated, run by HJ23.
Trial summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of outpatient management of complicated acute appendicitis. For this purpose, a randomized clinical trial was designed. Selected patients who have undergone surgery for acute appendicitis are randomized into two groups. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Acute Appendicitis, Appendicitis Perforated, Appendicitis Suppurative
- What is being tested?
- Hospitalization and Outpatient
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion, Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 92 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- 1 Nov 2023to 1 Nov 2023
- Phase
- Interventional
- 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 18 to 80 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- patients over 18 years old
- ASA classification (American Society of Anesthesiologists) less than or equal to 3
- patients who live accompanied in a home at a maximum distance of 30 minutes from the hospital and an adequate cognitive capacity.
Who cannot join
- pregnancy or breastfeeding
- complicated Acute Appendicitis
- surgical management performed in more 90 minutes
Trial locations and contacts
No sites are listed yet.
About this study
Official title: Randomized Clinical Trial to Test the Efficacy and Safety of Outpatient Clinical Management of Urgent Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Complicated Acute Appendicitis
The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of outpatient management of complicated acute appendicitis. For this purpose, a randomized clinical trial was designed. Selected patients who have undergone surgery for acute appendicitis are randomized into two groups. One group with hospitalization and another group without admission.
Read the detailed description
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of outpatient management of laparoscopic appendicectomy in complicated acute appendicitis.
This was a single center randomized controlled clinical trial consisting in 2 treatment groups. Patients were recruited in University Hospital of Tarragona Joan XXIII of Spain.
All patients admitted in the emergency department at University Hospital of Tarragona Joan XXIII with acute appendicitis diagnosis were likely to enter in the study.
All patients who met the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria were admitted to the study for emergency surgery.
In order to avoid the biases a unique anesthetic and surgical protocol were established for both groups.
Once Laparoscopic appendicectomy was performed the patients were randomly assigned to the hospitalization group or outpatient group.
Patients in the hospitalization group were admitted in the hospitalization ward. Patients in the outpatient group were referred to the day-surgery unit where they were discharged according to ALDRETE criteria.
The primary endpoint was the length of hospital stay (LHS). The length of hospital stay was calculated from the day and hour of admission in the surgical area to the day and hour of discharge, based on the hours of hospital stay. Secondary endpoints included the failures of the outpatient management, readmissions and the hospitals cost
- Being tested
- Hospitalization, Outpatient
- Medical subject headings
- Appendicitis
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
HospitalizationBehavioural
Once the patient was operated and an uncomplicated appendicitis was confirmed, the patient was randomized to one of the two experimental branches: the hospitalization group (HG) or outpatient group (OG). In this group, were admitted in the hospitalization ward
OutpatientBehavioural
Once the patient was operated and an uncomplicated appendicitis was confirmed, the patient was randomized to one of the two experimental branches: the hospitalization group (HG) or outpatient group (OG). Patients in the OG were referred to the day- surgery unit where they were discharged according to ALDRETE criteria.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| hospitalization group | Active comparator | Patients in the hospitalization group, once the surgical intervention was finished, were transferred to the postoperative recovery unit and later they were discharged to the usual hospital ward. Patients received adequate intravenous fluid resuscitation based on their individual hemodynamic parameter and fluid balance, and they received analgesia according to personal requirement. In the hospital ward, the usual patient management protocols were followed until a complete recovery and consequently discharged according to the usual criteria Receives: Behavioral: Hospitalization |
| outpatient group | Experimental | Patients in the outpatient group , once operated, were transferred to the surgery unit without admission and were later discharged home if they met the ALDRETE criteria in less than 23 hours after the intervention (following the surgery criteria without admission stages). If the patient was operated during the night shift, following the advice of major outpatient surgery where overnight stays are allowed, the patient was admitted to the post-anesthetic recovery unit and discharged the next day, always in less than 23 hours. In case of being discharged after 23 hours or not meeting ALDRETE criteria, it was considered a failure of the outpatient treatment. Receives: Behavioral: Outpatient |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
length of hospital stay (LHS)
The length of hospital stay (LHS) was calculated from the date and time of urgent appendectomy surgery to the date and time of hospital discharge, based on the hours of hospital stay (assessed up to 5 days)
Measured: up to 5 days
Secondary outcomes (3)
failures of the outpatient management
Once the patients were discharged home, they were evaluated for emergency room visit. From the date of hospital discharge to the day of emergency room visit. The presence of a emergency room visit is considered as a Failure of the outpatient management.
Measured: assessed up to 30 days
readmissions
Once the patients were discharged home, they were evaluated for readmission to the hospital ward. From the date of hospital discharge to the day of readmission to the hospital ward. The re-admission to the hospitalization ward was considered a readmission.
Measured: assessed up to 30 days
hospitals cost
The economic costs of both clinical managements were evaluated until the end of the study, a mean of 1 year. For the study, the direct and indirect costs of laparoscopic surgery, consumable material, economic expenses in the hospital ward, and the cost of the price of the emergency room visit were evaluated. The hospital's economic department was contacted and they calculated the cost in euros per patient. Each group was evaluated separately and a comparison was made
Measured: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted28 Sep 2023
- Study start1 Nov 2023 (estimated)
- Primary completion1 Nov 2023 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Nov 2023 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (7)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Acute AppendicitisStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 92 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- HJ23
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona.
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Jordi Elvira Lopez, HJ23
- Investigators
- Jordi Elvira Lopez, MD, PhD, Principal investigator, HJ23
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06059365
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- ASI-2
- Acronym
- ASI2
- Status last verified
- Sep 2023
- First submitted
- 23 Sep 2023
- Last updated
- 28 Sep 2023
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Lefrancois M, Lefevre JH, Chafai N, Pitel S, Kerger L, Agostini J, Canard G, Tiret E. Management of Acute Appendicitis in Ambulatory Surgery: Is It Possible? How to Select Patients? Ann Surg. 2015 Jun;261(6):1167-72. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000795.
PubMed 24950287Frazee RC, Roberts JW, Symmonds RE, Snyder SK, Hendricks JC, Smith RW, Custer MD 3rd, Harrison JB. A prospective randomized trial comparing open versus laparoscopic appendectomy. Ann Surg. 1994 Jun;219(6):725-8; discussion 728-31. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199406000-00017.
PubMed 8203983Cash CL, Frazee RC, Smith RW, Davis ML, Hendricks JC, Childs EW, Abernathy SW. Outpatient laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis. Am Surg. 2012 Feb;78(2):213-5.
PubMed 22369831Aubry A, Saget A, Manceau G, Faron M, Wagner M, Tresallet C, Riou B, Lucidarme O, le Sache F, Karoui M. Outpatient Appendectomy in an Emergency Outpatient Surgery Unit 24 h a Day: An Intention-to-Treat Analysis of 194 Patients. World J Surg. 2017 Oct;41(10):2471-2479. doi: 10.1007/s00268-017-4034-3.
PubMed 28474273Di Saverio S, Podda M, De Simone B, Ceresoli M, Augustin G, Gori A, Boermeester M, Sartelli M, Coccolini F, Tarasconi A, De' Angelis N, Weber DG, Tolonen M, Birindelli A, Biffl W, Moore EE, Kelly M, Soreide K, Kashuk J, Ten Broek R, Gomes CA, Sugrue M, Davies RJ, Damaskos D, Leppaniemi A, Kirkpatrick A, Peitzman AB, Fraga GP, Maier RV, Coimbra R, Chiarugi M, Sganga G, Pisanu A, De' Angelis GL, Tan E, Van Goor H, Pata F, Di Carlo I, Chiara O, Litvin A, Campanile FC, Sakakushev B, Tomadze G, Demetrashvili Z, Latifi R, Abu-Zidan F, Romeo O, Segovia-Lohse H, Baiocchi G, Costa D, Rizoli S, Balogh ZJ, Bendinelli C, Scalea T, Ivatury R, Velmahos G, Andersson R, Kluger Y, Ansaloni L, Catena F. Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines. World J Emerg Surg. 2020 Apr 15;15(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s13017-020-00306-3.
PubMed 32295644Trejo-Avila M, Cardenas-Lailson E, Valenzuela-Salazar C, Herrera-Esquivel J, Moreno-Portillo M. Ambulatory versus conventional laparoscopic appendectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2019 Aug;34(8):1359-1368. doi: 10.1007/s00384-019-03341-y. Epub 2019 Jul 5.
PubMed 31273450Elvira Lopez J, Sales Mallafre R, Padilla Zegarra E, Carrillo Luna L, Ferreres Serafini J, Tully R, Memba Ikuga R, Jorba Martin R. Outpatient management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis after laparoscopic appendectomy: a randomized controlled trial. World J Emerg Surg. 2022 Nov 23;17(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s13017-022-00465-5.
PubMed 36419071
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 28 Sep 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Randomized Clinical Trial to Test the Efficacy and Safety of Outpatient Clinical Management of Urgent Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Complicated Acute Appendicitis
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06059365
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- ASI2 / ASI-2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 92 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- HJ23Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona.
- Study start
- 1 Nov 2023 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 1 Nov 2023 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Nov 2023 (estimated)
- First posted
- 28 Sep 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of outpatient management of complicated acute appendicitis. For this purpose, a randomized clinical trial was designed. Selected patients who have undergone surgery for acute appendicitis are randomized into two groups. One group with hospitalization and another group without admission.
Detailed description
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of outpatient management of laparoscopic appendicectomy in complicated acute appendicitis.
This was a single center randomized controlled clinical trial consisting in 2 treatment groups. Patients were recruited in University Hospital of Tarragona Joan XXIII of Spain.
All patients admitted in the emergency department at University Hospital of Tarragona Joan XXIII with acute appendicitis diagnosis were likely to enter in the study.
All patients who met the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria were admitted to the study for emergency surgery.
In order to avoid the biases a unique anesthetic and surgical protocol were established for both groups.
Once Laparoscopic appendicectomy was performed the patients were randomly assigned to the hospitalization group or outpatient group.
Patients in the hospitalization group were admitted in the hospitalization ward. Patients in the outpatient group were referred to the day-surgery unit where they were discharged according to ALDRETE criteria.
The primary endpoint was the length of hospital stay (LHS). The length of hospital stay was calculated from the day and hour of admission in the surgical area to the day and hour of discharge, based on the hours of hospital stay. Secondary endpoints included the failures of the outpatient management, readmissions and the hospitals cost
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| hospitalization group | Active comparator | Behavioral: HospitalizationPatients in the hospitalization group, once the surgical intervention was finished, were transferred to the postoperative recovery unit and later they were discharged to the usual hospital ward. Patients received adequate intravenous fluid resuscitation based on their individual hemodynamic parameter and fluid balance, and they received analgesia according to personal requirement. In the hospital ward, the usual patient management protocols were followed until a complete recovery and consequently discharged according to the usual criteria |
| outpatient group | Experimental | Behavioral: OutpatientPatients in the outpatient group , once operated, were transferred to the surgery unit without admission and were later discharged home if they met the ALDRETE criteria in less than 23 hours after the intervention (following the surgery criteria without admission stages). If the patient was operated during the night shift, following the advice of major outpatient surgery where overnight stays are allowed, the patient was admitted to the post-anesthetic recovery unit and discharged the next day, always in less than 23 hours. In case of being discharged after 23 hours or not meeting ALDRETE criteria, it was considered a failure of the outpatient treatment. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- patients over 18 years old
- ASA classification (American Society of Anesthesiologists) less than or equal to 3
- patients who live accompanied in a home at a maximum distance of 30 minutes from the hospital and an adequate cognitive capacity.
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- pregnancy or breastfeeding
- complicated Acute Appendicitis
- surgical management performed in more 90 minutes
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| HospitalizationOnce the patient was operated and an uncomplicated appendicitis was confirmed, the patient was randomized to one of the two experimental branches: the hospitalization group (HG) or outpatient group (OG). In this group, were admitted in the hospitalization ward | Behavioural | hospitalization group |
| OutpatientOnce the patient was operated and an uncomplicated appendicitis was confirmed, the patient was randomized to one of the two experimental branches: the hospitalization group (HG) or outpatient group (OG). Patients in the OG were referred to the day- surgery unit where they were discharged according to ALDRETE criteria. | Behavioural | outpatient group |
Primary outcome
length of hospital stay (LHS)
Time frame: up to 5 days
The length of hospital stay (LHS) was calculated from the date and time of urgent appendectomy surgery to the date and time of hospital discharge, based on the hours of hospital stay (assessed up to 5 days)
3 secondary outcomes
failures of the outpatient management
Time frame: assessed up to 30 days
readmissions
Time frame: assessed up to 30 days
hospitals cost
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 28 Sep 2023.
- Background: PubMed 24950287Lefrancois M, Lefevre JH, Chafai N, Pitel S, Kerger L, Agostini J, Canard G, Tiret E. Management of Acute Appendicitis in Ambulatory Surgery: Is It Possible? How to Select Patients? Ann Surg. 2015 Jun;261(6):1167-72. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000795.
- Background: PubMed 8203983Frazee RC, Roberts JW, Symmonds RE, Snyder SK, Hendricks JC, Smith RW, Custer MD 3rd, Harrison JB. A prospective randomized trial comparing open versus laparoscopic appendectomy. Ann Surg. 1994 Jun;219(6):725-8; discussion 728-31. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199406000-00017.
- Background: PubMed 22369831Cash CL, Frazee RC, Smith RW, Davis ML, Hendricks JC, Childs EW, Abernathy SW. Outpatient laparoscopic appendectomy for acute appendicitis. Am Surg. 2012 Feb;78(2):213-5.
- Background: PubMed 28474273Aubry A, Saget A, Manceau G, Faron M, Wagner M, Tresallet C, Riou B, Lucidarme O, le Sache F, Karoui M. Outpatient Appendectomy in an Emergency Outpatient Surgery Unit 24 h a Day: An Intention-to-Treat Analysis of 194 Patients. World J Surg. 2017 Oct;41(10):2471-2479. doi: 10.1007/s00268-017-4034-3.
- Background: PubMed 32295644Di Saverio S, Podda M, De Simone B, Ceresoli M, Augustin G, Gori A, Boermeester M, Sartelli M, Coccolini F, Tarasconi A, De' Angelis N, Weber DG, Tolonen M, Birindelli A, Biffl W, Moore EE, Kelly M, Soreide K, Kashuk J, Ten Broek R, Gomes CA, Sugrue M, Davies RJ, Damaskos D, Leppaniemi A, Kirkpatrick A, Peitzman AB, Fraga GP, Maier RV, Coimbra R, Chiarugi M, Sganga G, Pisanu A, De' Angelis GL, Tan E, Van Goor H, Pata F, Di Carlo I, Chiara O, Litvin A, Campanile FC, Sakakushev B, Tomadze G, Demetrashvili Z, Latifi R, Abu-Zidan F, Romeo O, Segovia-Lohse H, Baiocchi G, Costa D, Rizoli S, Balogh ZJ, Bendinelli C, Scalea T, Ivatury R, Velmahos G, Andersson R, Kluger Y, Ansaloni L, Catena F. Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines. World J Emerg Surg. 2020 Apr 15;15(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s13017-020-00306-3.
- Background: PubMed 31273450Trejo-Avila M, Cardenas-Lailson E, Valenzuela-Salazar C, Herrera-Esquivel J, Moreno-Portillo M. Ambulatory versus conventional laparoscopic appendectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2019 Aug;34(8):1359-1368. doi: 10.1007/s00384-019-03341-y. Epub 2019 Jul 5.
- Background: PubMed 36419071Elvira Lopez J, Sales Mallafre R, Padilla Zegarra E, Carrillo Luna L, Ferreres Serafini J, Tully R, Memba Ikuga R, Jorba Martin R. Outpatient management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis after laparoscopic appendectomy: a randomized controlled trial. World J Emerg Surg. 2022 Nov 23;17(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s13017-022-00465-5.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Jordi Elvira Lopez, MD, PhD principal investigator
HJ23
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Hospitalization and Outpatient in people with Acute Appendicitis and Appendicitis Perforated, run by HJ23.
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 3 inclusion and 3 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 28 Sep 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
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?
Contact Jordi Elvira Lopez, MD, PhD (0034686917760, jelvira.hj23.ics@gencat.cat), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
length of hospital stay (LHS) (time frame: up to 5 days). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06059365, which also lists 7 linked publications.
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 28 Sep 2023.