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Prophylactic Negative Wound Therapy in Laparotomy Wounds.

NCT03871023 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2019-09-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Post-operative wound issues in abdominal surgery have a significant impact on patient outcomes. The impact of different types of wound therapy are not clear in the literature.

The hypothesis of this study is that NPWT has the potential to reduce Surgical Site Infections, however no study has compared the most commonly used products against standard dressings.

Conditions

  • Wound Infection; Wounds; Dehisence; Cosmesis; Home Care; Length of Hospital Stay

Interventions

DEVICE

Smith & Nephew PICO Negative wound pressure versus standard dresing

To investigate if negative wound pressure improves wound outcome

DEVICE

PREVENA Negative pressure wound versus standard dressing

To investigate if negative wound pressure improves wound outcome

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. James's Hospital, Ireland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Noel E Donlon · St. James's Hospital, Ireland

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-06
Primary Completion
2020-05-01
Completion
2020-12-01

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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