Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Thomas Pitt Ford
ORCID ID
Contact details
Conservative Dentistry
F25 Guys Tower
Guy's Hospital
St Thomas Street
London
SE1 9RT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7188 1753
thomas.pitt-ford@kcl.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0013137376
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Investigation and evaluation of dental pulp response to new filling material.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Oral Health
Intervention
A randomised controlled trial comparing a new filling material to the standard filling material. The placement of fillings in teeth scheduled for extraction.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Histological assessment of tissue response.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/08/2003
Overall trial end date
01/04/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
36 patients in total - therefore 18 patients in each of the two groups.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
36
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Patients outside the age of 18-30 years
2. Pregnant women
Recruitment start date
01/08/2003
Recruitment end date
01/04/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Conservative Dentistry
London
SE1 9RT
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (UK) - Own account & NHS R&D Support Funding
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2008 results in www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17956562
Publication citations
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Results
Nair PN, Duncan HF, Pitt Ford TR, Luder HU, Histological, ultrastructural and quantitative investigations on the response of healthy human pulps to experimental capping with mineral trioxide aggregate: a randomized controlled trial., Int Endod J, 2008, 41, 2, 128-150, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2007.01329.x.