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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02475525
Date of registration: 08/06/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Limerick
Public title: Oral Nutritional Supplement in Reducing Surgical Site Infections
Scientific title: The Role of an Arginine Enriched Oral Nutritional Supplement in the Prevention of Wound Complication in Patients Undergoing Lower Limb Revascularization
Date of first enrolment: June 2015
Target sample size: 6
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02475525
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Ireland
Contacts
Name:     Mary Clarke Moloney
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Affiliation:  University of Limerick
Name:     Paul Burke
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Affiliation:  UL Hospitals
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients scheduled for elective lower limb revascularization surgery

- patients aged >18 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients unable to provide informed consent,

- emergency cases,

- seriously ill patients/unconscious patients,

- chronic renal disease,

- known inflammatory bowel disease,

- known lactose intolerance and not using lactase,

- known galactosemia,

- pregnancy,

- cows milk allergy.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Claudication
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Arginine enriched oral nutritional supplement
Primary Outcome(s)
The number of incidents of wound infections in both groups of patients undergoing lower limb re vascularization. [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Duration of post operative hospital stay [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Patient acceptability of the oral nutritional supplement. [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
ONS2015
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
UL Hospitals, Limerick
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