# Endoscopic Treatment of Complex Anal Fistulas

> **NCT02585167** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University of Southern Denmark** · enrollment: 47 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Anal Fistula

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** operation
- **DEVICE:** VAAFT

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02585167
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Southern Denmark
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2016-02
- **Primary completion:** 2021-05
- **Final completion:** 2021-05
- **Target enrollment:** 47 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The significantly higher recurrence rate in the intervention group led to a serious ethical consideration of a premature closing of the study which was decided due to safety and benefit concerns
- **Last updated:** 2021-05-14

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02585167

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02585167, "Endoscopic Treatment of Complex Anal Fistulas". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02585167. Licensed CC0.

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