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Last refreshed on: 11 April 2016
Main ID:  NCT01546272
Date of registration: 21/02/2012
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Nantes University Hospital
Public title: Medico-economic Evaluation of Subcutaneous Automatic Resorbable Staples Device S2CARA
Scientific title: Medico-economic Evaluation of Subcutaneous Automatic Resorbable Staples Device
Date of first enrolment: March 2012
Target sample size: 664
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01546272
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Olivier Malard, Professor
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  CHU Nantes
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female aged 18 yrs to 75 yrs

- Patient supported for a scheduled surgery :

For abdominoplasty, cervicotomy or suprapubic surgery With a open incision necessary for
operative exposition of 10 cm or more with a straight or curved surgery incision

- Person covered by Health Insurance

- ECOG Performance Status 0 or 1

- Patient's informed and written consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Incision imposing a very angular or sinuous scar for which the use of the medical
device is deemed unsuited (sinuous or bayonet incisions)

- Known history of intolerance to any component of the medical device

- Immunocompromised patients or undergoing a long term treatment by corticosteroids or
immunosuppressants

- Known or anticipated presence of a skin infection (due to the infected skin
condition, or because of underlying surgery conducted in infected territory or likely
to be)

- Dermatological disease or skin treatment in progress

- History of radiation therapy on the surgical site or antimitotic treatment in
progress

- Pregnancy at the time of suture

- Patients simultaneously included in another treatment protocol

- Patients under legal guardianship

- Non French speaking patients, refusing or unfit for the monitoring proposed in the
study



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
ENT Surgery
Gynecological Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Intervention(s)
Device: Monocryl resorbable wire
Device: Insorb resorbable staples
Primary Outcome(s)
Overall PSAS score measured 3 months after the surgery [Time Frame: 3 months after the surgery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) or average cost of suture according to the procedure (wire or staple) [Time Frame: Day 0 (Procedure)]
Measurement of suture, surgical and anesthetic times [Time Frame: Day 0 (procedure)]
Overall score of the PSAS scale [Time Frame: Months 3, 12 and 18]
Overall score of the OSAS scale [Time Frame: Months 3, 12 and 18]
Presence of scarring complications at day 8 (infection, dehiscence) [Time Frame: Day 8]
Quantification of accidental exposure to blood [Time Frame: During the surgery]
Aesthetic quality of the scar [Time Frame: Month 18]
Secondary ID(s)
RC11_0147
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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