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CompletedNCT00300690

Choice of Material for Above-Knee Femoro-Popliteal Bypass Prosthetic Graft (PopUp)

Choice of Material for Above-Knee Femoro-Popliteal Bypass Prosthetic Graft. Multicenter Randomized Study of an Impregnated Knitted Polyester Prosthesis Vs. PTFE (Uni-Graft Vs Gore-Tex).

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
400 (planned)
Sponsor
University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This trial was designed to challenge the wide held view that polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) performs better than Dacron for above knee femoropopliteal bypass.

Detailed description

Objective: To investigate whether patency rates of 6 mm gelatine coated, knitted, double velour polyester prostheses are equal to the 6 mm thinwalled ePTFE prostheses as above-knee femoro-popliteal bypass graft

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICE6 mm Uni-graft® (B-Braun)
DEVICE6 mm Gore-Tex® (WL Gore)

Timeline

Start date
1993-10-01
Completion
1999-01-01
First posted
2006-03-09
Last updated
2006-03-09

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00300690. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.