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Efficacy Study of Ultrasound-Assisted Debridement to Influence Wound Healing

NCT01973361 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 78

Last updated 2015-10-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The UltraHeal Study is a randomized controlled trial to compare healing response of low frequency contact ultrasonic-assisted debridement in addition to best practice wound care to best practice wound care alone in a Vascular Surgery Clinic patient population with wounds of the lower extremity.

Conditions

  • WOUNDS

Interventions

DEVICE

Ultrasound debridement

Ultrasound-assisted wound debridement with saline irrigant applied for 5 - 15 minutes until visible and removable non-viable appearance tissue is removed to reveal a healthy appearance wound bed.

DEVICE

Best practice wound care

Participants will receive moist wound care with addition of silver alginate dressing for visual cues of infection.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christine A. Murphy, MClSc PhD(c) · The Ottawa Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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