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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN52861672
ISRCTN52861672
Completed
N/A

Randomised controlled trial of surgical treatment of varicose veins in legs: Stripping versus Conservative Treatment (CHIVA)

Spanish Ministry of Health, Investigation of Sanitary Funding (Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo)0 sites501 target enrollmentApril 13, 2005

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Spanish Ministry of Health, Investigation of Sanitary Funding (Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo)
Enrollment
501
Status
Completed
Last Updated
9 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
April 13, 2005
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
9 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Spanish Ministry of Health, Investigation of Sanitary Funding (Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients affected by varicose veins of the lower extremities.
  • Added 23/11/2015:
  • The study included patients diagnosed with primary varicose veins in an external consultation by a vascular surgeon, according to the CEAP (CA\-S, 2–6; EP; AS, P; PR; LII) classification criteria and with permeable, continent deep venous system upon duplex ultrasonography exploration. In patients with varicose veins in both extremities, only 1 limb could be randomized.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients previously operated for varicose veins with recurrent varicose veins will be excluded.
  • Added 23/11/2015:
  • All patients with congenital venous disease, varicose veins secondary to prior deep vein thrombosis, postphlebitic side\-effects, sclerotherapy, relapse of varicose veins after surgery, associated systemic pathologies, or who refused to participate in the study, refused surgical treatment, were not ambulatory, could not participate in long\-term follow\-up or had been pregnant less than 6 months previously were excluded from the study.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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