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Vicryl Rapide Versus Nonabsorbable Suture
Led by University of California, San Francisco · Updated on 2025-02-28
96
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
487 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of California, San Francisco
Lead Sponsor
C
Central California Faculty Medical Group
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This will be a prospective, randomized controlled trial assessing noninferiority of Vicryl Rapide compared to nonabsorbable suture. The study will be conducted in the Community Regional Medical Center emergency department (ED). The aim of this study, then, is to prospectively determine if 3-month cosmesis for traumatic laceration repair of trunk/extremity lacerations in adult patients with Vicryl Rapide is noninferior to nonabsorbable suture.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Vicryl Rapide Versus Nonabsorbable Suture
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patient 18-years or older
- Single laceration on trunk or extremity requiring suture closure
- Laceration length greater than 2 cm
- Wound to be closed with simple interrupted sutures
You will not qualify if you...
- Wounds with high infection risk, including puncture wounds or highly contaminated wounds
- Devitalized tissue needing sharp debridement, bite wounds, or wounds older than 24 hours
- Wounds unlikely to heal well, including dehisced wounds from prior closure, crush wounds, soft tissue deficit preventing edge closure, or significant macerated/abraded tissue
- Wounds involving underlying tendon or cartilage or longer than 10 cm
- Significant wound healing problems
- Known keloid formation, chronic steroid use, or inability to give written consent
- Non-English or non-Spanish speakers, altered mental status, incarcerated patients
- No telephone or unlikely to return for 3-month follow-up
- Homeless, psychiatric patients, nursing home residents, or more than one laceration needing repair on trunk or extremity
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, California, United States, 93721
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2
Community Regional Trauma and Burn Center
Fresno, California, United States, 93721
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Research Team
B
Brian Chinnock, MD
CONTACT
J
Jannet Castaneda, BA
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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