Conservative Treatment For Ventral Hernia

Ventral Hernia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Conservative Treatment For Ventral Hernia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02263599
• Other study ID #: DK_01
• Status: Completed
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: April 2015

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Zealand University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate on which indication patients are offered operative treatment for their ventral hernia, and to investigate the natural course of ventral hernia in the population of patients not offered operation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2089
• Est. completion date: April 2015
• Est. primary completion date: February 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 120 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

All patients (older than 18 years) referred to the Surgical Department of Køge University Hospital from 2009 - 2014 with the diagnosis ventral hernia

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hernia
• Hernia, Ventral
• Ventral Hernia

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Dept. of Surgery, Køge University Hospital	Køge

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Zealand University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Percentage of conservatively treated ventral hernias that undergo surgery	Percentage of conservatively treated ventral hernias at the primary surgical consultation, that undergoes surgery (acute or elective) later on	5 years
Secondary	Percentage of patient with ventral hernia that are treated conservatively	Percentage of patient referred to Køge Surgical Department with ventral hernia that are treated conservatively instead of surgically	5 years