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Registration number
ACTRN12605000035628
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
20/07/2005
Date registered
22/07/2005
Date last updated
1/06/2024
Date data sharing statement initially provided
24/09/2019
Date results provided
24/09/2019
Type of registration
Prospectively registered

Titles & IDs
Public title
Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial of Anterior vs Posterior vs Nissen Fundoplication
Scientific title
Anterior versus Posterior versus Nissen Fundoplication for the control of gastro-oesophageal reflux
Secondary ID [1] 287837 0
Nil Known
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Gastro-oesophageal reflux 98 0
Condition category
Condition code
Oral and Gastrointestinal 119 119 0 0
Other diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Laparoscopic fundoplication - Anterior vs Posterior vs Nissen Fundoplication
Intervention code [1] 43 0
Treatment: Surgery
Comparator / control treatment
3 surgical variants compared in RCT
Control group
Active

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 150 0
Control of Reflux
Timepoint [1] 150 0
n/a
Secondary outcome [1] 331 0
Side effects
Timepoint [1] 331 0
n/a

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Proven gastro-oesophageal reflux disease by either endoscopic or 24 hour pH monitoring. Antireflux surgery clinically indicated. Fit for surgery. Reflux inadequately controlled by standard medications or unwilling to take lifelong medication for reflux.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
Not stated
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
No informed consent. Previous surgery for gastro-oesophageal reflux. Very large hiatus hernia (more than 50% of stomach in the chest). PregnantOesophageal motility disorder which precludes Nissen fundoplication.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
sealed envelope
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
shuffled envelopes
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Single group
Other design features
Phase
Phase 4
Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
8/01/2005
Actual
31/12/2012
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
31/12/2012
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
31/12/2032
Actual
Sample size
Target
100
Accrual to date
Final
100
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
SA

Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1] 164 0
Self funded/Unfunded
Name [1] 164 0
Country [1] 164 0
Primary sponsor type
Charities/Societies/Foundations
Name
ISDE - Australasian section
Address
No address
Country
Australia
Secondary sponsor category [1] 119 0
None
Name [1] 119 0
nil
Address [1] 119 0
Country [1] 119 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
Ethics committee name [1] 909 0
Flinders Medical Centre
Ethics committee address [1] 909 0
Ethics committee country [1] 909 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [1] 909 0
Approval date [1] 909 0
01/07/2005
Ethics approval number [1] 909 0
Ethics committee name [2] 910 0
Royal Adelaide Hopsital
Ethics committee address [2] 910 0
Ethics committee country [2] 910 0
Australia
Date submitted for ethics approval [2] 910 0
Approval date [2] 910 0
01/07/2005
Ethics approval number [2] 910 0
n/a

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 35981 0
Prof David Watson
Address 35981 0
Dept Surgery
Flinders University
Country 35981 0
Australia
Phone 35981 0
+61882046086
Fax 35981 0
Email 35981 0
david.watson@flinders.edu.au
Contact person for public queries
Name 9232 0
David Watson
Address 9232 0
Department of Surgery
Flinders Medical Centre
Bedford Park SA 5042
Country 9232 0
Australia
Phone 9232 0
+61 8 82046086
Fax 9232 0
+61 8 82046130
Email 9232 0
david.watson@flinders.edu.au
Contact person for scientific queries
Name 160 0
David Watson
Address 160 0
Department of Surgery
Flinders Medical Centre
Bedford Park SA 5042
Country 160 0
Australia
Phone 160 0
+61 8 82046086
Fax 160 0
+61 8 82046130
Email 160 0
david.watson@flinders.edu.au

Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

Documents added manually
No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Documents added automatically
SourceTitleYear of PublicationDOI
EmbaseRandomized controlled trial of laparoscopic anterior 180degree partial versus posterior 270degree partial fundoplication.2015https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ans.12476
N.B. These documents automatically identified may not have been verified by the study sponsor.