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PROphylactic Wound VACuum Therapy to Decrease Rates of Cesarean Section in the Obese Population

NCT02128997 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 136

Last updated 2017-10-13

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Summary

This study will assess whether a negative pressure wound vacuum therapy (NPWT) on closed incisions decreases the risk of wound complications among obese patients after cesarean section

All patients having a cesarean section in labor or presenting to the triage unit and requiring a cesarean section will be eligible

Main study intervention: this involves the use of a negative pressure wound vacuum therapy on a closed incision.

Conditions

  • Wound Complication

Interventions

DEVICE

Closed incision wound vacuum (Prevena)

wound vacuum to be placed on a closed incision

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Celeste Durnwald, MD · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2017-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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