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Negative Pressure Therapy in Preventing Infection After Surgery in Patients With Colon, Rectal, Pancreatic, or Peritoneal Surface Cancer

NCT01656044 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 375

Last updated 2018-07-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate if a negative-pressure dressing placed over a surgical incision can reduce the risk of developing a surgical site infection compared to a commonly-used sterile gauze incision dressing. In this study, the negative-pressure dressing will be compared to a standard post-surgical sterile gauze dressing. In this study patients will either receive a negative-pressure dressing or a standard sterile gauze dressing

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

wound care management

Receive SSD

PROCEDURE

wound care management

Receive NPT

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Perry Shen · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-10-31
Completion
2016-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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