Study of Hemostatic Efficacy of the HemCon Dental Dressing in a Population Treated With Anticoagulant Medications

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tooth Extractions

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if the HemCon Dental Dressing is effective in stopping bleeding during dental surgeries in patients taking anticoagulant medications.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00707564

Run by

HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc

People needed

0

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2009-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-09-24

Who can join

Age: 14 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients who are currently taking oral anticoagulant medications and eligible for surgery following standards of care
• Patients requiring a minimum of 2 tooth extraction procedures.
• Index pairing must reflect anatomically similar extraction locations
• 14 years of age or older
• Available for a minimum of one post operative evaluation approximately 7 days post surgery
• Extraction sites do not require primary closure or suturing
• Willingness and ability to provide informed consent/ assent

You may not qualify if…

• Scheduled to undergo a procedure other than tooth extractions
• In the Investigators opinion, dental surgery may pose a serious risk of uncontrollable bleeding due to anticoagulant use
• Scheduled to undergo 2 extractions, anatomically dissimilar
• Extraction procedures are expected to require primary closure or suture
• Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent/ assent
• Patients undergoing bisphosphonate therapy
• Patients not under current treatment with an oral anticoagulant medication
• Patients who have discontinued the use of anticoagulant medications for a minimum of 3 days prior to the planned surgical visit

Where it is running

• Rodney Nichols, DMD — Milwaukie, Oregon, United States
• Jay P. Malmquist, DMD — Portland, Oregon, United States

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