Protocol Based Selective Imaging Versus Routine Computed Tomography or Ultrasound in Suspected Appendicitis

ConditionAppendicitis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorHelsinki University Central Hospital

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare protocol based selective imaging to routine imaging in adult patients with suspected appendicitis. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are:

* Does protocol based selective imaging using clinical scoring affect clinical outcome? * Does protocol based selective observation combined with score based selective imaging affect clinical outcome?

Participants will be randomized into three groups:

* Selective imaging based on Adult Appendicitis Score * Selective observation based on Appendicitis Severity Score combined with selective imaging based on Adult Appendicitis Score * Routine imaging using ultrasound and/or computed tomography

Researchers will compare selective imaging groups separately with routine imaging to see if number of negative appendectomies or number of complicated appendicitis is not significantly increased.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Time from symptom onset over 72 hours

Age <18 years

Pregnancy, ruled out by serum or urine HCG measurement in 18- to 49-year-old women

CT-scan or ultrasound already done within the last 3 days (72 hours)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Abdominal imaging
  • Score based selective abdominal imaging
  • Score based selective observation combined with selective abdominal imaging

Treatment groups

900 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups