Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Are All Systems Alike?

Stopped early · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Wounds

In brief

Hypotheses: (1)Wound healing during hospital stay will be equal between systems, (2)RNs will perceive the Versatile One (EZCare) system as easier to use, (3)Costs related to dressing changes will be less with Versatile one (EZCare), (4)Hospital length of stay will be equal or shorter with the Versatile One (EzCare) system, (5) Nursing time using Versatile One (EZCare) will be less than or equal to VAC system, (6) Patients will report less pain during dressing changes with Versatile One (EZCare).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00590369

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

11

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2008-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-04-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Hospitalized adults requiring negative pressure dressings.

You may not qualify if…

• Comatose
• Mentally obtunded
• Documented chronic psychiatric illness or any documented dementia significant enough to notably impair cognitive function
• Presence of Manufacturer's contraindications
• Malignancy in wound
• Untreated osteomyelitis
• Unexplored fistula
• Necrotic tissue
• Exposed blood vessels or organs
• Untreated malnutrition.

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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