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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02395159
Date of registration: 16/03/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: RWTH Aachen University
Public title: Reduction of Groin Wound Infections After Vascular Surgery by Using an Incision Management System (IMS) IMS
Scientific title: Reduction of Groin Wound Infections After Vascular Surgery in Patients With Risk Factors by the Use a Negative Pressure Wound Incision Management System (KCI Prevena)
Date of first enrolment: July 2015
Target sample size: 204
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02395159
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name:     Jochen Grommes
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Affiliation:  University Hospital, Aachen
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- vascular surgery via right or left inguinal approach

- nicotine abuse (active or according to medical condition)

- risk factors:

1. cardiac risk factors (arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease, status after
myocardial infarction)

2. metabolic disorders (diabetes mellitus type I type II, lipopathy or
hyperhomocysteinemia) or chronic or acute renal insufficiency

- previous vascular surgery with inguinal approach

- signed informed consent form

- persons who are legally competent and mentally able to comprehend and follow the
instructions of study personnel

Exclusion Criteria:

- local skin infections (fungal infections, acne)

- pregnant and breast-feeding women

- simultaneous participation in another clinical trial

- persons who have been committed to an institution by court or administrative order

- persons in a dependency or employment relationship with the sponsor or investigator



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Infections
Intervention(s)
Other: sterile plaster dressings
Device: Prevena™ IMS
Primary Outcome(s)
wound infections [Time Frame: 7 days after the surgery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
prolongation of ambulant treatment [Time Frame: up to 30 days]
revision surgery [Time Frame: up to 30 days]
length of hospital stay [Time Frame: up to 10 days]
antibiotic therapy [Time Frame: up to 30 days]
necessity of alternative wound dressings [Time Frame: up to 30 days]
Secondary ID(s)
14-048
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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