# Open vs Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy for Pyloric Stenosis

> **NCT00144924** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Institute of Child Health** · enrollment: 180 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pyloric Stenosis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** laparoscopy pyloromyotomy
- **PROCEDURE:** open pyloromytomy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00144924
- **Lead sponsor:** Institute of Child Health
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2004-06
- **Primary completion:** 2007-05
- **Final completion:** 2007-05
- **Target enrollment:** 180 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The aim was to recruit 200 infants (100 per group); however, the data monitoring and ethics committee recommended halting the trial before full recruitment because of significant treatment benefit in one group at interim analysis.
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00144924

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00144924, "Open vs Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy for Pyloric Stenosis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00144924. Licensed CC0.

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