Trials / Withdrawn
WithdrawnNCT01750034
Best Method of Burn Wound Care: A Prospective Randomized Trial
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 0 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to better understand how to best care for burn wounds.
Detailed description
Participants: Patients presenting to Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe Malawi with burn wounds occuring within 72 hours of admission. Procedures (methods): This is a prospective randomized trial. Subjects will be randomized during admission to receive either open dressing care or closed dressing care of their burn wounds.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Closed method | Subjects will have their wounds managed by covering with gauze and changing this gauze 3 to 7 times per week. |
| PROCEDURE | Open method | Subjects will have their burns managed by keeping the wounds exposed to the air. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-06-01
- Completion
- 2016-07-01
- First posted
- 2012-12-17
- Last updated
- 2015-09-04
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01750034. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.