Evaluating the Outcomes for Incisional Application of Negative Pressure for Nontraumatic Amputations

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Surgical Wound, Wound Heal, Amputation

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how well subjects heal after surgery who receive standard dressings or incisional negative pressure wound therapy for non-traumatic amputation sites.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03250442

Run by

Georgetown University

People needed

112

Starts

2017-11-01

Expected to finish

2021-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must be at least 18 years or older to participate.
• Requires closure of a nontrauamtic Transmetatarsal Amputation (TMA), Below Knee Amputation (BKA), Knee Disarticulation (KD), or Above Knee Amputation (AKA).
• Has at least one artery that feeds the closure site.
• Able to comply with clinical trial procedures and schedule.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients not receiving an amputation.
• The investigator/provider determines that the patient has an indication against incisional negative pressure wound therapy that would prevent them from participating.
• Surgical incision that is not completely closed.

Where it is running

• Medstar Georgetown University Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States (enrolling)

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