Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT04003038
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Healing Abdominal Incision in Obese Patients Undergoing Breast Reconstruction Surgery
A Randomized, Prospective Evaluation of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Abdominal Donor Site in Free Flap Breast Reconstruction in Obese Patients
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This trial studies the safety and how well negative pressure wound therapy works in healing the abdominal incision in obese patients undergoing free flap breast reconstruction surgery. Using negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) instead of standard dressing (bandages) may improve wound healing at the surgical site in the abdomen where tissue was collected for breast reconstruction surgery.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the impact of negative pressure wound therapy on wound healing as measured by wound dehiscence rate. II. Long-term follow-up on wound healing complications. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 groups. GROUP I: Patients receive wound care with a standard dressing (bandage) after surgery for 7 days. GROUP II: Patients receive negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) after surgery for 7 days. After completion of study, patients are followed up at 2 weeks, and at 1 and 3 months.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Negative Pressure Wound Therapy | Receive wound care with NPWT |
| PROCEDURE | Wound Care Management | Receive wound care with a standard dressing (bandage) |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-05-02
- Primary completion
- 2026-04-30
- Completion
- 2026-04-30
- First posted
- 2019-07-01
- Last updated
- 2026-04-16
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04003038. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.