NCT01868412

Resin Salve Versus Honey Treatment in Wound Care

Comparison of Resin Salve and Medical Honey in Wound Care in Vascular Surgery Patients - A Prospective, Randomized and Controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kuopio University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In recent years, salve prepared from Norway spruce (Picea abies) resin and refined honey from manuka myrtle (Leptospermum scoparium), has successfully been used in medical context to treat both acute and chronic surgical wounds. The objective of this prospective, randomized and controlled clinical trial is to investigate healing rate and healing time of surgical wounds in patients, who have undergone peripheral vascular surgery, and whose complicated wounds are candidate for topical treatment with the resin or honey. In addition, factors contributing with delayed wound healing, antimicrobial properties, safety and cost-effectiveness of the resin salve and medical honey will be analyzed.

Conditions

• Wound Healing
• Wound Infection

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Abilar 10% resin salve	The resin salve may be spread directly onto the wound, after which the area is covered with a bandage suitable for local wound care. The bandage prohibits salve from moving away from the wound area. If the skin condition is more widespread or contains cavities or fistulae, the salve may be spread as a film with a thickness of at least 1 mm onto a gauze or gauze ribbon that is then used to fill the cavity or fistulae channel. Bandages are changed every 1-3 days, depending on the degree of infection and amount of wound secretion.
DEVICE	Activon Tube 25 g	Wound care with the medical honey is carried out in the same manner than the resin salve treatment: honey may be spread directly onto the wound and the wound area is covered with a bandage suitable for local wound care. Similarly, if the skin condition is more widespread or wound contains cavities or fistulae, the medical honey may be spread as a film with a thickness of at least 1 mm onto a gauze or gauze ribbon that is then used to fill the cavity or fistulae channel. Bandages are changed every 1-3 days, depending on the severity of infection and amount of wound secretion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2013-06-04
• Last updated: 2016-01-18

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Finland