# Evaluating the Use of a Silastic Spring-Loaded Silo for Infants With Gastroschisis

> **NCT00539292** · PHASE2 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **The Hospital for Sick Children** · enrollment: 88 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Gastroschisis

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Primary placement of a spring-loaded silo
- **PROCEDURE:** Primary Closure

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00539292
- **Lead sponsor:** The Hospital for Sick Children
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2001-06
- **Primary completion:** 2006-12
- **Final completion:** 2006-12
- **Target enrollment:** 88 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** With the existing rate of patient accrual, it would take an extensive amount of time to reach the initial target of 88 patients. During this period, other changes in perioperative management of surgical neonates may invalidate the study comparisons.
- **Last updated:** 2024-06-24


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00539292

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00539292, "Evaluating the Use of a Silastic Spring-Loaded Silo for Infants With Gastroschisis". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-07 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00539292. Licensed CC0.

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