ZIPS Study - Zip Incision Approximation vs. STAPLE

Withdrawn before enrolling · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

In brief

Study designed to evaluate the Zip Surgical Skin Closure device versus conventional steel staple placement when utilized for surgical wound closure after bi lateral unicompartmental or bi later total knee replacement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02255877

Run by

ZipLine Medical Inc.

People needed

0

Starts

2014-09-01

Expected to finish

2014-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-10-24

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients requiring epidermal closure after bi lateral total or partial (unicompartmental) knee arthroplasty;
• Patients willing to be evaluated at discharge and 6-weeks post op.

You may not qualify if…

• Known bleeding disorder not caused by medication
• Known personal or family history of keloid formation or scar hypertrophy
• Known allergy or hypersensitivity to non-latex skin adhesives
• Atrophic skin deemed clinically prone to blistering
• Any skin disorder affecting wound healing
• Any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator would make a particular patient unsuitable for this study

Where it is running

• Orthopaedic Research Foundation — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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