# FOAM-study, Cost Minimization Study Comparing Surgery Versus Duplex Guided Foam Sclerotherapy of Varicose Veins

> **NCT01103258** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Maastricht University Medical Center** · enrollment: 460 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Varicose Vein Disease

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** high ligation and stripping (surgery)
- **PROCEDURE:** FOAM

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01103258
- **Lead sponsor:** Maastricht University Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2006-02
- **Primary completion:** 2009-12
- **Final completion:** 2010-01
- **Target enrollment:** 460 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2010-04-14

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01103258

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01103258, "FOAM-study, Cost Minimization Study Comparing Surgery Versus Duplex Guided Foam Sclerotherapy of Varicose Veins". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01103258. Licensed CC0.

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