# Ethibond Suture vs Vessel Loop as Draining Seton for Complex Anal Fistulas

> **NCT05933343** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **The Cleveland Clinic** · enrollment: 2 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Anal Fistula

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Ethibond suture
- **PROCEDURE:** Vessel loop

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05933343
- **Lead sponsor:** The Cleveland Clinic
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2023-12-10
- **Primary completion:** 2025-10-16
- **Final completion:** 2025-10-16
- **Target enrollment:** 2 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Unable to recruit the required number of patients as per the sample size calculated
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05933343

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05933343, "Ethibond Suture vs Vessel Loop as Draining Seton for Complex Anal Fistulas". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05933343. Licensed CC0.

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