NCT02274207

Comparative Study of Antibacterial Effect on Silver Dressing of Negative Pressure Wound

Phase IV Study of Antibacterial Effect on Silver Dressing of NPWT

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 74 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Severance Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test therapeutic benefits of silver dressing compared with non-silver dressing in NPWT(Negative pressure wound therapy). Silver dressing may antibacterial effect on infected diabetes mellitus foot.

Detailed description

Investigator will recruit sixty patients. Participant will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One is using silver dressing group in NPWT, another is using non-silver dressing group in NPWT. Participant will visit in screening day, NPWT apply day and F/u day for 4 months. Investigators will conduct to check the wound base, Lab, wound culture.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	NPWT application	NPWT mode is cyclic mode : -125\~-50 mmHg

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-12-01
• Primary completion: 2016-05-01
• Completion: 2016-08-01
• First posted: 2014-10-24
• Last updated: 2015-11-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea