Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Conservative Versus Surgical Treatment of Umbilical Pilonidal Disease

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Conservative Versus Surgical Treatment of Umbilical Pilonidal Disease

Official Title: Conservative Versus Surgical Treatment of Umbilical Pilonidal Sinus Disease: A Prospective, Randomised, and Multicenter Clinical Trial

Study ID: NCT01662765

Conditions

Pilonidal Sinus

Sinus; Dermal, Pilonidal

Umbilical Granuloma

Interventions

Surgery

conservative

Study Description

Brief Summary: The aim of the study was to compare the results of conservative and surgical treatment, to create an algorithm for the management of the disease, and gain more information about the etiology, pathogenesis, and course of the disease. The investigators hypothesise that surgical treatment of UPS will be better than conservative management in terms of recurrence rate, healing time, patient comfort and satisfaction, and cost effectiveness.

Detailed Description: Because of its rarity, umbilical pilonidal sinus (UPS) is still poorly understood in terms of diagnosis, etiology, and the best treatment options. UPS is thought caused by hair penetrating the skin, leading to a foreign-body reaction and development of a sinus lined with granulation tissue. Most of the patients complain of pain, discharge or bleeding from the umbilicus when symptoms develop. It can be diagnosed with a careful examination, in which hairs can be seen deep in the umbilicus and usually protrude from a small sinus. Regarding the optimal treatment of the disease, a complete consensus has not yet been achieved. Some publications are recommended conservative treatment, while surgical treatment is recommended in others. A more meaningful comparison of the two modalities is that of a randomized controlled trial. We, therefore, present our data of prospective randomized controlled clinical trial comparing conservative versus surgical treatment of UPS. This was a multicenter, prospective balanced randomization, double blind, active-controlled, parallel-group, superiority study conducted in Turkey, under the direction of a principal investigator (MK). Eligible patients with UPS were randomized for either conservative treatment (CT) or surgical treatment (ST), and then the results of both groups were compared.