Mayo clinic tracks recovery after complex aneurysm surgery
NCT ID NCT03446287
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is collecting information from 150 people who need open surgery for complex aortic aneurysms (a bulge in the main artery). The goal is to see how their quality of life changes after the operation. Researchers will use surveys to measure physical and mental well-being over time.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients undergoing open repair (OR) for complex aortic aneurysms (CAAs) at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota will be enrolled.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Patients undergoing elective, emergent or urgent OR for CAAs, including: 1. Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) not eligible for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), including 1) Infrarenal AAA with complex aneurysm morphology 2) Short neck infrarenal AAA 3) Juxtarenal AAA 4) Suprarenal AAA 2. Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) (Type I - IV) 3. Chronic aortic dissections Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients who refuse to participate the study 2. Patients age \< 18 years 3. Pregnant breastfeeding patients
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
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Study contacts
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Contact
Email: •••••@•••••
Locations
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Mayo Clinic
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
Contact Email: •••••@•••••
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