Shockwave Intervention for Enhanced Wound Healing in No-touch Pedicle Saphenous Vein Graft Harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Recruiting now · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD)

In brief

The aim of this trial is to apply shockwaves to the leg wound after saphenous vein harvesting and closure in order to reduce the occurrence of postoperative wound healing complications following coronary artery bypass grafting using venous grafts.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07068776

Run by

Medical University Innsbruck

People needed

120

Starts

2025-10-03

Expected to finish

2029-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Male or female patients > 18 years
• Isolated CABG procedure in the need of 2 or more venous grafts
• Elective or urgent cases
• Median sternotomy approach
• eGFR ≥ 15 ml/min
• Willing to participate in trial
• Able to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• History of venous stripping or ligation
• Uncontrolled Diabetes mellitus (HbA1c ≥ 9 %)
• Enrolled in other therapeutic or interventional trial
• Hemodynamically unstable
• Cardiogenic shock
• Any condition that seriously increases the risk of noncompliance or loss of follow-up
• Emergency case
• Salvage case

Where it is running

• Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck — Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria (enrolling)

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