Status:
UNKNOWN
Clinical Trial Comparing Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Standard Dry Dressings
Lead Sponsor:
University of Lausanne Hospitals
Conditions:
Arthroplasty Complications
Amputation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Negative pressure dressings are currently widely used in wound management. Their use is gradually being extended to surgical scars. However, studies demonstrating a clear benefit are rare, particularl...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Signed informed consent
- Age ≥ 18 years old
- Planned Surgery :
- revision of a hip or knee prosthesis, in 1 or 2 stages, at explantation and/or reimplantation, where
- elective amputation of a lower limb (transmetatarsal, trans-tibial (Burgess) or trans-femoral (Gritti-Stokes) level (nb: patients for whom amputation of both lower limbs is planned will be excluded)
Exclusion
- Known allergy to dry dressings
- Patient already included in another clinical trial
- Inability to discern and/or inability to follow study procedures
- Known allergy to silver or another component of the system Prevena™
- Amputation for tumor pathology
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04520841
Start Date
June 1 2020
End Date
June 1 2024
Last Update
May 25 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Lausanne University Hospital
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, 1011