NCT03654742 is a NA clinical trial of tonsillectomy in Tonsil Disease, sponsored by Turku University Hospital.

Who is sponsoring NCT03654742?

NCT03654742 is sponsored by Turku University Hospital.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03654742?

Interventions in NCT03654742: tonsillectomy.

What condition does NCT03654742 study?

NCT03654742 studies Tonsil Disease, Tonsillitis, Tonsillitis Acute, Tonsillitis Chronic.

Is NCT03654742 still recruiting?

NCT03654742 is currently active, enrolled. Last updated 10 September 2025.

Last reviewed 2025-09-10 · How we verify

NCT03654742

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Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Intracapsular Tonsillectomy in Adults

Active, enrolled NA Last updated 10 September 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing tonsillectomy in Tonsil Disease in 167 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline

27 September 2019

Primary endpoint
5 January 2023

30 December 2028

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Turku University Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Active, enrolled
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	167
Start date	27 September 2019
Primary completion	5 January 2023
Estimated completion	30 December 2028
Sites	1 location across Finland

Drugs / interventions tested

tonsillectomy

Conditions studied

Tonsil Disease — all drugs for Tonsil Disease →
Tonsillitis — all drugs for Tonsillitis →
Tonsillitis Acute — all drugs for Tonsillitis Acute →
Tonsillitis Chronic — all drugs for Tonsillitis Chronic →

Sponsor

Turku University Hospital

Who can join

Adults 16 to 65, any sex, with Tonsil Disease or Tonsillitis. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Comparing the classical extracapsular tonsillectomy (TE) performed with electrosurgery to intracapsular approaches (SIPT) by coblation or microdebrider. The patient group is adults with recurrent or chronic tonsillitis

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Intracapsular tonsillectomy in the treatment of recurrent and chronic tonsillitis in adults: a protocol of a prospective, single-blinded, randomised study with a 5-year follow-up (the FINITE trial).
Piitulainen JM, Uusitalo T, Sjöblom HM, Ivaska LE, et al · · 2022 · cited 4× · PMID 36104143 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062722
Intracapsular vs Extracapsular Tonsillectomy Recovery Time: The FINITE Randomized Clinical Trial.
Uusitalo T, Sjöblom H, Ivaska LE, Kauko T, et al · · 2026 · PMID 41954901 · DOI 10.1001/jamaoto.2026.0284

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03654742 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Turku University Hospital
Last refreshed: 10 September 2025

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