Acute Abdomen in Adults- a Prospective Study on Emergency Department Admissions

Abdominal Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Acute Abdomen in Adults- a Prospective Study on Causes of Abdominal Pain Leading to Emergency Department Admission in Tampere University Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03074084
• Other study ID #: R16006
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: June 2016
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: March 2020
• Source: Tampere University Hospital
• Contact: Mika T Ukkonen, MD, PhD, MEcon
• Phone: +358443454523
• Email: mika.ukkonen[@]fimnet.fi
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a non-randomized, prospective, population-based, single-center study designed to evaluate conditions resulting emergency admission in patients with abdominal pain. Furthermore, we are interested in how many patients are discharged with "non-specific abdominal pain" but later readmitted and diagnosed with a specific diagnosis.

Description:

1000 adult patients with acute abdominal pain will be recruited at Tampere University Hospital Emergency department. The patients will fill in a questionaire about the symptoms and their duration. A urine sample will be collected for polyamine molecule analysis with an electronic nose. At later stage of the study, a serum sample for coeliac tests will be collected. Patient outcome will be obtained during the hospital stay, at one-month after discharge and at one year.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 1000
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: December 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

All adult patients with abdominal pain.

Exclusion Criteria:

Under the age of 18 years

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Abdomen, Acute
• Abdominal Pain
• Emergencies

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Finland	Tampere University Hospital	Tampere

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Tampere University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Finland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of patients with specific diagnose	Population based analysis of incidence of diseases	One month
Secondary	Number of patients misdiagnosed in emergency department and requiring readmission		One month
Secondary	Number of participants with treatment related adverse events		One month
Secondary	Diagnostic accuracy of polyamine molecule analysis		One month
Secondary	Number of patients with undiagnosed coeliac disease		One month