ZipLine Incision Approximation Verses Suture:ZIPS3 Physician Preference Study

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Wounds and Injuries

In brief

Zipline incision approximation vs. Suture -- zips 3 study. A prospective, multi-site, non-blinded, randomized controlled, study designed to evaluate user preferences associated with use of the zipline 3 system versus conventional suturing for incision closure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03201536

Run by

ZipLine Medical Inc.

People needed

0

Starts

2012-10-01

Expected to finish

2012-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients between 18 and 75 years of age
• In generally good health
• Willing to be evaluated in 5-14 days and 3-months post op
• Patient requiring a non-emergent skin incision or biopsy
• Maximum excision size 1.5x3.0 cm
• Requiring 4-0 or smaller suture for closure
• In area of body trunk or extremities with low mobility and tension

You may not qualify if…

• Facial Incisions or incisions in high stress or tension areas
• Previously diagnosed peripheral vascular disease
• Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• Known bleeding diathesis
• Known personal or family history of keloid formation or scar hypertrophy
• Known allergy or hypersensitivity to adhesives
• Presently taking steroids, immune stimulants, beta blockers, or anticoagulants
• Atrophic skin deemed clinically prone to blistering
• Any skin disorder affecting wound healing
• Incisions requiring dermal sutures
• Any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator would make a particular patient unsuitable for this study

Where it is running

• Palo Alto Medical Foundation — Palo Alto, California, United States
• Plastic Surgery Institute of Northern California — San Francisco, California, United States
• California Pacific Medical Center — San Francisco, California, United States

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