Clinical trialNCT00887471CompletedObservational

Comparison of Sleep Study Results After Partial Intracapsular Tonsillectomy Versus Total Tonsillectomy

SponsorState University of New York - Downstate Medical CenterEnrollment30Obstructive Sleep ApneaSleep-disordered Breathing

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to demonstrate similar improvements in sleep-disordered breathing as determined by sleep study with microdebrider-assisted partial intracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy versus total Bovie electrocautery tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy.

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Investigators

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Jason R Mangiardi, MD
State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
Study Director
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Nira A Goldstein, MD
State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
Principal Investigator
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Sites

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

United States

Suny Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York, United States

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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 Aug 2006
Primary completion: 31 Oct 2009
Completion: 31 Jan 2010
Last update posted: 10 Feb 2014
Registered enrollment: 30
Registry id: NCT00887471

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