NCT05261412 (VVEIN) is a NA clinical trial of Standard Consent in Varicose Veins, sponsored by Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.

Who is sponsoring NCT05261412?

NCT05261412 is sponsored by Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.

What drugs are being tested in NCT05261412?

Interventions in NCT05261412: Standard Consent, Digital health education tool (dHET).

What condition does NCT05261412 study?

NCT05261412 studies Varicose Veins.

Is NCT05261412 still recruiting?

NCT05261412 is currently completed. Last updated 23 April 2024.

Last reviewed 2024-04-23 · How we verify

NCT05261412: VVEIN

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

Varicose Vein Education and Informed coNsent (VVEIN) Study

Completed NA Last updated 23 April 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Standard Consent in Varicose Veins in 40 participants. Completed in 31 July 2023.

Timeline

4 April 2022

Primary endpoint
1 July 2023

31 July 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	health services research
Enrollment	40
Start date	4 April 2022
Primary completion	1 July 2023
Estimated completion	31 July 2023
Sites	1 location across Ireland

Drugs / interventions tested

Standard Consent
Digital health education tool (dHET)

Conditions studied

Varicose Veins — all drugs for Varicose Veins →

Sponsor

Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

Who can join

Adults 18 to 90, any sex, with Varicose Veins. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This is a prospective, single centre, randomised controlled, feasibility study recruiting patients with varicose veins. Patients will be randomised to receive standard (verbal discussion and written information pamphlet) consent or a digital health education tool (dHET). The primary endpoints will be feasibility and practicality of introducing dHET into a busy day surgery practice, secondary endpoints will included knowledge recall of essential information, patient anxiety, patient satisfaction and the time spent in person with the responsible surgeon and number of questions asked prior to signing the consent document.

Publications & conference data

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

Varicose Vein Education and Informed coNsent (VVEIN) study: a randomised controlled pilot feasibility study.
Kiernan A, Boland F, Moneley D, Doyle F, et al · · 2023 · PMID 37349825 · DOI 10.1186/s40814-023-01336-9
Varicose Vein Education and Informed coNsent (VVEIN) study: A randomized controlled pilot feasibility study
Kiernan A, Boland F, Moneley D, Doyle F, et al · · 2022 · DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1522327/v1

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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 NCT05261412 (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 Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Last refreshed: 23 April 2024

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