Same-Day discharge for severe appendicitis? new trial aims to cut hospital stays
NCT ID NCT07521969
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether patients with gangrenous appendicitis can safely go home shortly after emergency laparoscopic surgery instead of staying in the hospital. About 122 adults will be enrolled to compare safety, recovery, and costs. The goal is to see if outpatient management is a viable option for this condition.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 122 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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14 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Acute gangrenous appendicitis confirmed during surgery. * Patient who meets the criteria to be discharged on an outpatient basis * Signature of informed consent. * Older than 14 years of age Exclusion Criteria: * \- Uncomplicated appendectomy. * Intra-operative purulent or faecaloid peritonitis * Appendicular abscess or plastron diagnosed by imaging. * Paralytic ileus preventing oral tolerance. * Need for placement of abdominal drainage. * ASA IV and some selected ASA III. * Immunosuppression. * Patients with active neoplasia. * Pregnancy. * Doubts in the definitive diagnosis. * Suspicion of inflammatory bowel disease. * No family support. * Failure to sign the informed consent form. * Impossibility to comply with the follow-up.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
RECRUITINGSeville, Sevilla, 41013, Spain
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