Clinical trialNCT00830661UnknownInterventional

Ligation of Intersphincteric Fistula Tract (LIFT) Procedure Versus Use of an Anal Fistula Plug for Anal Fistula Repair

SponsorColon and Rectal Surgery Associates, Ltd.Enrollment124Anal Fistula

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Summary

The lay summary the sponsor registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Anal fistulae are a difficult problem to treat. The optimal treatment for fistula involving the anal sphincter is unclear. Two standardly used methods of treatment are the ligation of intersphincteric fistula track (LIFT) procedure and the use of an anal fistula plug. The purpose of this study is to exam the rate of fistula closure between the LIFT procedure and the use of a fistula plug

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Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a findmyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

Heather L Rossi, MD
University of Minnesota/Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates, Ltd.
Principal Investigator
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Husein Moloo, MD
University of Ottawa
Principal Investigator
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Joshua Bleier, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Principal Investigator
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Liliana Bordeianou, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Principal Investigator
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Sites

4 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Canada

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Husein Moloo, MDJonathon Cook, PhD
Not, yet, recruiting

United States

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Liliana Bordeianou, MD
Not, yet, recruiting
Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates, Ltd
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Heather Rossi, MD
Recruiting
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Joshua Bleier, MD
Recruiting

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Mar 2009
Primary completion: 31 Mar 2012
Completion: —
Last update posted: 29 May 2009
Registered enrollment: 124
Registry id: NCT00830661

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.