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Standard Versus Advanced Antimicrobial Dressing Containing Ionic Silver Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery

NCT00981110 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2012-09-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of treatment with hydrofibre dressing in comparison with the efficacy of standard dressing in terms of prevalence of surgical site infections (SSI) in patients who underwent colorectal resection for malignancy.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

AQUAGEL Ag Hydrofiber Wound Dressing

Hydrofibre dressing containing ionic silver: medication performed as for frequency and duration according standard procedure

DEVICE

Mepore Self-adhesive absorbent dressing

Standard dressing: medication performed as for frequency and duration according standard procedure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • European Institute of Oncology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bruno Andreoni, MD · European Institute of Oncology

  • Roberto Biffi, MD · European Institute of Oncology

  • Emilio Bertani, MD · European Institute of Oncolgy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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Diseases

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