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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN16171472
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Western Australian Randomised Controlled Trial of Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N/A
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Study hypothesis
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Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAAs) in men aged 65-83 years reduces mortality from AAA
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Added as of 30/07/2007: The Committee for Human Rights at the University of Western Australia approved the protocol for the study.
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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Australia
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Men aged 65-83 years, resident in the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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None
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Anticipated start date
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01/04/1996
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Anticipated end date
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01/04/2016
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Status of trial
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Ongoing |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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41,000
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Interventions
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Screening by ultrasound scanning versus no screening
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Mortality from Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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1. All-cause mortality
2. Procedures for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
3. Cost
4. Quality of life
5. Expansion rate of small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
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Sources of funding
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Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant 964145
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Trial website
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Publications
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Results: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15545293
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Contact name
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Dr
Paul
Norman
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Address
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School of Surgery and Pathology
University of Western Australia
Fremantle Hospital
P.O. Box 480
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City/town
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Fremantle
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Zip/Postcode
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6160
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Country
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Australia
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Tel
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+61 (0)894313333
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Fax
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+61 (0)894312623
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Email
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pnorman@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
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Sponsor
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Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
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Address
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GPO Box 9848
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City/town
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Canberra
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Zip/Postcode
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2601
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Country
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Australia
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Tel
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+61 (0)26289 1555
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Fax
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+61 (0)2816946
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Email
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research@nhmrc.gov.au
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/index.htm
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Date applied
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04/08/2005
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Last edited
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30/07/2007
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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07/10/2005
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