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Use of White Granulated Sugar on Wounds

NCT01716273 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 108

Last updated 2012-10-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

How effective is sugar in reducing the debriding of sloughy, necrotic or infected exudating wounds compared with standard treatment?

Conditions

  • Infected Wounds

Interventions

OTHER

Granulated Sugar

30 grams of granulated sugar is used to cover the wound area and this is held in place using a dry dressing pad , bandage and tape.

OTHER

Debridement Dressing

1 Aquacel or Sorbsan dressing will be put over the wound, and held in place with a dry dressing pad, bandage and tape.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Laboratoires URGO

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Wolverhampton

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Birmingham

    collaborator OTHER

  • Moses Murandu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Malcolm Simms, MBBSFRCS · University Hospital Birmingham NHS Fondation Trust

  • Moses Murandu, PhD student · University of Wolverhampton

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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