NCT04046120

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Medical Compression Bandage Application Techniques by Measuring Interface Pressures Depending on Whether or Not the Heel is Included in Patients With Open Venous Ulcers

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Medical Compression Bandage Application Techniques by Measuring Interface Pressures Depending on Whether or Not the Heel is Included in Patients With Open Venous Ulcers: Non-inferiority, Controlled, Randomized Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 102 (actual)
• Sponsor: Nantes University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The importance of wearing medical compression to heal the venous ulcer has already been shown. However, no studies have been carried out on variations in medical compression tape and their impact on interface pressures which explains the lack of consensus on how to lay, including or not to include the heel. Studies on adherence to patients with medical compression have been carried out showing that one of the determining factors is comfort. The investigators therefore wish to conduct a randomized open prospective quantitative study comparing these two modes: including or not the heel .

Conditions

• Venous Ulcer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Heel-free bandage	The bandage is made by leaving the heel uncovered.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-11
• Primary completion: 2022-06-03
• Completion: 2022-06-03
• First posted: 2019-08-06
• Last updated: 2026-03-19
• Results posted: 2026-03-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France