NCT03880331

Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Outcomes of Secondary Intention Wound Care Methods

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 8 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lahey Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial which is designed to determine whether aggressive and frequent debridement of an acute post-surgical wound shortens healing time.

Detailed description

Secondary intention is an established method of allowing post-surgical defects to heal. Previous studies have shown a positive association between the frequency of debridement and healing rates in chronic wounds. However, the effect of debridement on acute, post-surgical wounds is not well-described in the literature. This randomized controlled trial is designed to determine whether aggressive and frequent debridement of an acute post-surgical wound shortens healing time.

Conditions

• Wound Surgical
• Wound Heal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Debridement	Aggressive vs Minimal Debridement

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-03
• Primary completion: 2020-07-01
• Completion: 2021-03-01
• First posted: 2019-03-19
• Last updated: 2021-03-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States