Clinical trials: Venous Ulcers
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
Pressure Ulcer
Peripheral Catheter Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Pediatry : Use of Compresses Versus Standard Care
Peripheral venous catheterisation is a multi-daily practice in a paediatric ward. In our pediatrics department, nurses have observed for several years now the appearance of pressure sore-like skin lesions at the junction of the…
- Trial name
- KTESCA (NCT04540822)
- Testing
- peripheral venous catheter with compress under the catheter-extension tube junction, peripheral venous catheter without compress under the catheter-extension tube junction
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee
Venous Leg Ulcer
Diagnostics in the Leg Ulcer Pathway
This project aims to investigate 'The minimum diagnostic requirements for patients presenting to primary care with suspected venous ulcers.' In order to do this, the investigators intend to run a series of questionnaires with…
- Trial name
- NCT06181708
- Testing
- N/A - Questionnaire based study
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London