# Timing of Inguinal Hernia Repair in Premature Infants

> **NCT01678638** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Vanderbilt University Medical Center** · enrollment: 338 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Inguinal Hernia
- Premature Birth of Newborn

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** IH repair before NICU discharge
- **PROCEDURE:** IH repair at 55-60 weeks post-menstrual age

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01678638
- **Lead sponsor:** Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-06
- **Primary completion:** 2023-04
- **Final completion:** 2023-09
- **Target enrollment:** 338 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-10-04

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01678638

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01678638, "Timing of Inguinal Hernia Repair in Premature Infants". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01678638. Licensed CC0.

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