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Skin Dressings Versus Lubrication to Prevent Pressure Ulcers: A Randomized Trial

NCT02565745 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 689

Last updated 2018-03-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Study purpose:

To assess if - in adult patients admitted to hospital with surgical or medical conditions at high/very high risk of developing pressure ulcers (PU) according to Braden scale - using skin dressing protection versus conventional care (lubricant or moisturizer cream) may prevent the incidence of in-hospital PU

Conditions

  • Pressure Ulcer

Interventions

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Skin dressing

Pre-determined skin areas at risk for PUs (3 or more, depending on the prevaliing body position, prone, supine or Sims') will be covered. Dressings will be changed every 6-7 days unless found wet/contaminated

OTHER

Moisturizing cream

It will be applied twice a day to the same skin areas as the experimental group

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundación Cardioinfantil Instituto de Cardiología

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Olga L Cortés, RN,MSC,PhD · Fundacion Cardioinfantil Instituto de Cardiología

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-12-31
Primary Completion
2017-08-31
Completion
2017-12-12

Countries

  • Colombia

Study Locations

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