NCT03566641

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Care Dressing

A Comparison of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Care, for Vascular, Plastic and General Surgery

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Toledo Health Science Campus · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A comparison between the efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy and the efficacy of standard care dressing

Detailed description

The aim of our study is to compare the efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy (Prevena) and standard clinical dressing in terms of prevention of postoperative surgical site infection, length of hospital stay, and total cost of hospitalization among vascular, plastic and general surgery patients.

Conditions

• Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Negative pressure wound therapy	The application of a vacuum across the surface of a wound through a foam dressing cut to fit the wound.
OTHER	standard care dressing	The application of a standard care dressing (instead of negative pressure wound therapy) across the surface of wound.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-28
• Primary completion: 2019-04-01
• Completion: 2019-04-15
• First posted: 2018-06-25
• Last updated: 2024-05-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study