Clinical trials: Chronic Venous Disorder
Sickle Cell Leg Ulcer
Test of the Safety, Effectiveness, & Acceptability of An Improvised Dressing for Sickle Cell Leg Ulcers in the Tropics
One in 300 Jamaicans have HbSS sickle cell disease, and of these, up to 70% will suffer from sickle cell leg ulcers (SCLUs). Of these, 24% will have a chronic SCLU (one lasting longer than 6 months).
- Trial name
- SCLUJamaica (NCT04479618)
- Testing
- Usual Practice, Improvised dressing, Advanced dressing
- Where
- Jamaica
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Benskin, Linda, PhD, RN, SRN (Ghana), CWCN, CWS, DAPWCA
Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Artery Disease
Radial Artery Versus Saphenous Vein Grafts in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
VA patients with coronary artery disease and who have agreed to undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery would be randomized to receive either radial artery or saphenous vein to the study vessel.
- Trial name
- NCT00054847
- Testing
- saphenous vein graft, radial artery graft
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 733 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs