Participation in trials

As discussed in the previous page, at the time of this study there were ongoing trials to establish the place of endovascular repair in the management of aortic aneurysm. In addition, it has been recommended that all cases involving endovascular repairs should either be entered into one of the trials or else information about the case should be entered on an endovascular repair registry. NCEPOD asked whether the patient had been entered into a trial. 30% (16/53) of cases had been entered into a trial, 11 cases were enrolled in the EVAR 1 trial and five in the EVAR 2 trial. It is not known how many of the other cases had been placed on the registry.