NCT01101789

Triclosan Coated Suture Wound Closure for Peripheral Vascular Surgery: a Prospective Multicenter Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 276 (actual)
• Sponsor: North Karelia Central Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a prospective randomized multicenter study which purpose is to determine whether triclosan-coated sutures for wound closure after lower limb vascular surgery would reduce the incidence of surgical wound infections.

Conditions

• Surgical Wound Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	triclosan coated suture for surgical wound closure	triclosan coated suture for surgical wound closure
PROCEDURE	regular sutures for surgical wound closure

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2011-01-01
• First posted: 2010-04-12
• Last updated: 2015-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland