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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01756534
Date of registration: 19/12/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Public title: Oxidized Cellulose Hemostatic Agent in Thyroid Surgery: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study
Scientific title: The Effectiveness of an Oxidized Cellulose Patch Hemostatic Agent in Thyroid Surgery: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study
Date of first enrolment: January 2011
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01756534
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Israel
Contacts
Name:     ZIV GIL, MD PhD
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Affiliation:  Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients who required a thyroidectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

- Unwilling or unable to consent

- Age < 18 years

- known allergy to oxidized cellulose

- Inability to discontinue use of anticoagulants 10 days before surgery

- Coagulopathy that could not be corrected



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Thyroid Nodule
Goiter
Thyroid Diseases
Intervention(s)
Device: SURGICEL
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary endpoint of the study was the postoperative volume of wound drainage [Time Frame: 1 WEEK]
Secondary Outcome(s)
duration of drain use [Time Frame: 1 WEEK]
The secondary endpoints were events of bleeding requiring wound exploration under anesthesia [Time Frame: 48 HOURS]
Secondary ID(s)
TASMC-ZG-AA-0633-CTIL
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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