Status:
TERMINATED
The Efficacy of "MediHoney" to Facilitate Catheter Exit-Site Surgical Wound Healing
Lead Sponsor:
University of Missouri-Columbia
Collaborating Sponsors:
Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Conditions:
Renal Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-90 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To evaluate the efficacy of honey as a post surgical exit site care process to promote healing and prevent infectious bacterial colonization of newly created exit sites. It has been shown in the medic...
Detailed Description
The exit site (ES) of any transcutaneous device, or foreign body, through the skin presents as the site most vulnerable in terms of device survival. With the large numbers of catheters in use in chron...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients requiring dialysis due to loss of kidney function
- Patients choosing Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) for treatment
- All PD patients having an indwelling PD catheter placed
Exclusion
- Patients younger than 18 years of age
- Prisoners
- Patients with mental defect
- Veteran Administration patients
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 28 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
13 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01230489
Start Date
January 1 2011
End Date
November 28 2016
Last Update
August 17 2018
Active Locations (1)
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University of Missouri Department of Medicine; Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65201