The Total Extra Peritoneal (TEP) method versus the Transinguinal Preperitoneal Technique (TIPP) for inguinal hernia repair.

ISRCTN ISRCTN26433218
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN26433218
Secondary identifying numbers NL31388.091.10
Submission date
31/01/2010
Registration date
22/02/2010
Last edited
13/02/2012
Recruitment status
Stopped
Overall study status
Stopped
Condition category
Surgery
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Study website

Contact information

Mr Giel G Koning
Scientific

Department of Surgery
Radboud University Medical Centre
Geert Grooteplein-Zuid 10
Nijmegen
6525 GA
Netherlands

Study information

Study designMulticentre randomised active controlled parallel group trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Patient information material may be found at http//www.gladiola.nl
Scientific titleThe Total Extra Peritoneal (TEP) method versus the Transinguinal Preperitoneal Technique (TIPP) for inguinal hernia repair: A multicentre randomised controlled trial.
Study acronymGLADIOLA
Study objectivesTIPP has less adverse events than TEP.

Further reading:
The Tilburg double blind randomised controlled trial comparing inguinal hernia repair according to Lichtenstein and the transinguinal preperitoneal technique.
Trials. 2009 Sep 25;10:89.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19781069
http://www.controlled-trials.com/isrctn93798494

More information on hernia, treatment and research can be found at http:// www.liesbreukcentrumbrabant.nl
Ethics approval(s)METC judgement: waiting for approval
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedInguinal hernia
InterventionAs of 04/01/2012 the status of this record was changed to 'stopped' as the trial never started.

900 patients will be randomly allocated to anterior
inguinal hernia repair according to the transinguinal preperitoneal technique (TIPP) or totally extra peritoneal (TEP) technique, both with soft mesh.
The total duration of follow-up will be one year, post-operatively.
Intervention typeProcedure/Surgery
Primary outcome measure1. Incidence of adverse events
2. Chronic pain (Visual Analogue Score [VAS])
Data will be collected by VAS-diary and SF36-list (Health Status / Quality of Life). Digital forms will be filled in by the patients at the outpatient departments at 14 days, 3 months and one year after surgery.
Secondary outcome measures1. Costs
2. Quality of life (SF-36)
3. Return to daily activities
4. Return to work
Data will be collected by VAS-diary and SF36-list (Health Status / Quality of Life). Digital forms will be filled in by the patients at the outpatient departments at 14 days, 3 months and one year after surgery.
Overall study start date01/03/2010
Completion date12/12/2012

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participants900
Key inclusion criteria1. Primary groin hernia, unilateral
2. Age > 18, < 80 years
3. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) classification 1-3
4. Signed informed consent
Key exclusion criteria1. Recurrences
2. Age <18 or >80 years
3. Scrotal hernia
4. ASA classification >4
5. Acute incarcerated inguinal hernia
6. Psychiatric disease or other factors which make follow up or questionnaires unreliable
7. Previous preperitoneal surgery (e.g. radical prostatectomy)
8. Joint sessions (urology, vasectomy etc.)
Date of first enrolment01/03/2010
Date of final enrolment12/12/2012

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Netherlands

Study participating centre

Department of Surgery,
Nijmegen
6525 GA
Netherlands

Sponsor information

Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Hospital/treatment centre

Department of Surgery
Radboud University Medical Centre
Geert Grooteplein-Zuid 10
Nijmegen
6525 GA
Netherlands

Phone +31 (0)24 3611111
Email g.koning@chir.umcn.nl
Website http://www.umcn.nl/Zorg/Afdelingen/Heelkunde
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/05wg1m734

Funders

Funder type

Hospital/treatment centre

Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen (Netherlands)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan