NCT01500174

Ultraviolet-C Effectiveness in the Management of Pressure Ulcers in People With Spinal Cord Injury

Ultraviolet-C Irradiation in the Management of Pressure Ulcers in People With Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized, Stratified, Placebo-controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: Toronto Rehabilitation Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of the study is to examine the effectiveness of Ultraviolet-C (UVC) for healing pressure ulcers in people with spinal cord injury. UVC is a form of radiation similar to sunlight but it is normally absorbed in the earth's atmosphere. Participants will be assigned by chance to receive placebo-UVC or real UVC treatment, in addition to receiving wound care according to best practice guidelines. The hypothesis is that UVC-treated wounds will heal at a faster rate than wounds receiving placebo treatment. Given that pressure ulcers impact on an individual's quality of life, and generate high costs to the overall health care system, further work is needed to explore alternative means of pressure ulcer treatment.

Detailed description

UVC or placebo UVC will be applied to wounds three times per week. Intact skin around the wound edge and the wound base will be irradiated.

Conditions

• Pressure Ulcer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	ultraviolet therapy UV254	three times per week until wound closure or patient discharge from hospital
DEVICE	Placebo ultraviolet therapy UV254	Three times per week irradiation of wound base and periwound skin

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-11-01
• Primary completion: 2010-05-01
• Completion: 2011-05-01
• First posted: 2011-12-28
• Last updated: 2012-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada