Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Healing Abdominal Incision in Obese Patients Undergoing Breast Reconstruction Surgery

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Body Mass Index Greater Than or Equal to 30, Malignant Breast Neoplasm, Mammoplasty Patient, Obesity

In brief

This trial studies the safety and how well negative pressure wound therapy works in healing the abdominal incision in obese patients undergoing free flap breast reconstruction surgery. Using negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) instead of standard dressing (bandages) may improve wound healing at the surgical site in the abdomen where tissue was collected for breast reconstruction surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04003038

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

80

Starts

2019-05-02

Expected to finish

2028-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-21

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing a free abdominal flap, including a superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA), deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP), or muscle-sparing transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneous (MS-TRAM) flap for breast reconstruction.
• Patients are willing and able to give consent.
• Body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30.0.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are unable to provide consent.
• Patients who are suspected or known to be pregnant.
• Known allergy to topical adhesives.

Where it is running

• M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States (enrolling)

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