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Trial of Negative-pressure Wound Therapy Use in Conflict-related Extremity Wounds

NCT02444598 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2019-03-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There is a treatment method called negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) that is well established and used for the treatment of wounds. The method involves the application of a wound dressing through which a negative pressure is applied. Due to a plastic film overlaying the wound the risk of wound contamination is reduced. NPWT is considered to promote wound healing and prevent infection and has previously been used in the treatment of acute war associated wounds with satisfactory results. The aim of this study is to compare NPWT with conventional wound dressings in the treatment of war-associated extremity wounds and evaluate which method is more effective.

Conditions

  • Wounds, Gunshot
  • Arm Injuries
  • Leg Injuries
  • Wound Infection

Interventions

DEVICE

Vaccum Assisted Closure device

Negative-pressure wound therapy

PROCEDURE

Conventional wound dressings

Conventional wound dressings

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands

    collaborator OTHER

  • Jordan University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Stockholm South General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Center for Molecular Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Karolinska Institutet

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jonas Malmstedt, MD, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-30
Primary Completion
2018-10-31
Completion
2019-01-31

Countries

  • Iraq
  • Jordan

Study Locations

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