Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02780453
Prophylactic Negative Pressure Dressings for Closed Laparotomy Wounds - A Randomised, Controlled, Open Label Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Limerick · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 85 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Laparotomy wounds are associated with high rates of surgical site infections (SSI). The effect of prophylactic negative pressure dressing of closed incisional wounds on SSI rates is inconclusive.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Negative pressure dressing | |
| DEVICE | Standard wound dressing |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-10-01
- Completion
- 2016-10-01
- First posted
- 2016-05-23
- Last updated
- 2016-11-29
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Ireland
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02780453. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.