NCT02383992

Postoperative Care of Sutured Wounds

Comparing the Efficacy of Hydrogen Peroxide Versus Normal Saline in Postoperative Care of Sutured Wounds

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northwestern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of hydrogen peroxide versus normal saline in postoperative care of sutured wounds. Subjects will be randomly assigned to standard of care hydrogen peroxide or standard of care normal saline in postoperative care of sutured wounds followed by applying petroleum jelly and sterile gauze bandage. Data will be collected at day 0 and between days 7 to14. Subjects will provide irritation scale rating (0-4) with 0 being none/absent and 4 being severe/extreme.

Conditions

• Wound Healing

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	3% H2O2 solution
DRUG	0.9% normal saline

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-10-01
• Primary completion: 2019-10-01
• Completion: 2019-10-01
• First posted: 2015-03-10
• Last updated: 2021-12-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States