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STASSH - TRAUMA - Absorbable vs Non-Absorbable Sutures in Trauma Hand Surgery

NCT06247761 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 480

Last updated 2024-02-08

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Summary

An RCT will be set up to compare outcomes between two groups of hand surgery patients. These are:

• Emergency hand surgery patients - randomized to either absorbable or non-absorbable suture.

The primary outcomes investigated will be:

• Infection occurrence

The secondary outcomes will be:

* Scar appearance at 1 week and 6-8 weeks (assessed from photographs and scar scoring scale)
* Wound inflammation as a percentage of wound length at day 7 post surgery.
* Patient symptoms at 1 week (assessed from patient questionnaire)
* Patient symptoms at 6-8 weeks (assessed from patient questionnaire)
* QDASH Score at 1 week (assessed from patient questionnaire)
* QDASH score at 6-8 weeks (assessed from patient questionnaire)
* Occurrence of other complications (assessed from the above photographs, the above questionnaires and from nurse and doctor led reports of wound breakdown and other complications)

Conditions

  • Suture, Complication
  • Hand Infection
  • Skin Infection
  • Scar
  • Symptoms and Signs

Interventions

DEVICE

Skin closure at end of hand surgery

skin closure with vicryl rapide suture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Anglia Ruskin University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-29
Primary Completion
2024-08-01
Completion
2024-08-01

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