Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Paul Norman
ORCID ID
Contact details
School of Surgery and Pathology
University of Western Australia
Fremantle Hospital
PO Box 480
Fremantle
6160
Australia
+61 (0)894313333
pnorman@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Western Australian randomised controlled trial of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in men aged 65-83 years reduces mortality from AAA
Ethics approval
The Committee for Human Rights at the University of Western Australia
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Screening
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use contact details to request a participant information sheet
Condition
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Intervention
Screening by ultrasound scanning versus no screening
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysm
Secondary outcome measures
1. All-cause mortality
2. Procedures for abdominal aortic aneurysm
3. Cost
4. Quality of life
5. Expansion rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms
Overall trial start date
01/04/1996
Overall trial end date
01/04/2016
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Men aged 65-83 years, resident in the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Male
Target number of participants
41,000
Participant exclusion criteria
None
Recruitment start date
01/04/1996
Recruitment end date
01/04/2016
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Trial participating centre
University of Western Australia
Fremantle
6160
Australia
Sponsor information
Organisation
Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
Sponsor details
GPO Box 9848
Canberra
2601
Australia
+61 (0)26289 1555
research@nhmrc.gov.au
Sponsor type
Research council
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
National Health and Medical Research Council (Project Grant 964145)
Alternative name(s)
NHMRC
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
Federal/National Government
Location
Australia
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2004 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15545293
2016 long-term results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27802493
Publication citations
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Results
Norman PE, Jamrozik K, Lawrence-Brown MM, Le MT, Spencer CA, Tuohy RJ, Parsons RW, Dickinson JA, Population based randomised controlled trial on impact of screening on mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysm., BMJ, 2004, 329, 7477, 1259, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38272.478438.55.