Variation in Acute Appendicitis During COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

December 2, 2020 updated by: University of Milano Bicocca

Variation of Incidence and Clinical Presentation of Acute Appendicitis During a Pandemic.

retrospective observational study of variation in incidence and clinical presentation of appendicitis during the pandemic in northern Italy, compared with the same period in the previous 2 years.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

532

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Italy
      • Lodi, Italy
        • ASST Lodi
      • Pisa, Italy
        • Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria Pisana,Ospedale Cisanello
    • BG
      • Ponte San Pietro, BG, Italy
        • Policlinico San Pietro
    • LC
      • Lecco, LC, Italy
        • Ospedale Manzoni
    • MB
      • Monza, MB, Italy, 20900
        • ASST Monza
    • Mi
      • Milano, Mi, Italy
        • Ospedale San Raffaele

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients admitted in hospital for acute appendicitis

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • acute appendicitis

Exclusion Criteria:

  • other diagnosis

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Pandemic period
patients admitted in hospital for acute appendicitis
Procedure: Appendectomy
comparison between operative and conservative treatment
Other Names:
  • Conservative treatment
control period
patients admitted in hospital for acute appendicitis
Procedure: Appendectomy
comparison between operative and conservative treatment
Other Names:
  • Conservative treatment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
complicated appendicitis
Time Frame: 2 months
Number of patients with complicated acute appendicitis
2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Milano Bicocca

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 31, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

November 30, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 1, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 1, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

December 2, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 4, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 2, 2020

Last Verified

December 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Appendicitis-pandemic

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Acute Appendicitis

Clinical Trials on Appendectomy

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Mongolia

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

3
Subscribe