Clinical trials: Operative Wound
Of Bypass Graft of the Extremities, Peripheral Arterial Disease
Standard Versus PICO Dressings in Lower-Extremity Bypass Patients
The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of standard moist dressings and PICO single-use negative pressure dressings in post-operative lower extremity bypass patients.
- Conditions
- Of Bypass Graft of the Extremities, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Vascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- PICO-LEB (NCT02492854)
- Testing
- PICO Single-Use Negative Pressure Dressings, Sterile Gauze Dressings
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Hernia, Ventral
Complex Ventral Hernia Repair Using Biologic or Synthetic Mesh
Hernias are often treated using a prosthetic mesh to add support to the healing wound. Prosthetic meshes have been used for decades to repair ventral hernias, level 1 data regarding which type of mesh to use is limited.
- Trial name
- CVHR (NCT02041494)
- Testing
- Ventralight, Strattice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 165 people
- Sponsor
- Hobart Harris
Surgical Site Occurences After Sternotomy, Wound Infection
The Use of PrevenaTM on Clean Closed Sternal Midline Incisions in Subjects at High Risk for Surgical Site Occurrences.
The purpose of this study is to compare the use of Prevena™ Incision Management System (IMS) versus standard wound care for the incision in subjects undergoing a sternal midline incision (sternotomy).
- Trial name
- NCT02195310
- Testing
- Prevena™ Incision Management System, Conventional sterile wound dressings
- Where
- 13 sites in Austria, Germany and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 342 people
- Sponsor
- Solventum US LLC
Surgical Site Infection
Prevena™ Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Re-operative Colorectal Surgery
Many strategies have been attempted to reduce SSI rates. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services introduced the Surgical Care Improvement Project infection project with the aim of reducing SSI incidence and morbidity.
- Trial name
- NCT02509260
- Testing
- Prevena wound management system, Standard wound dressings
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 298 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Femur Fracture
Skeletal Versus Cutaneous Traction For Treatment of Femur Fractures
The purpose of this study is to determine whether there are any differences in skeletal or cutaneous traction for the treatment of femur fractures.
- Trial name
- NCT00916136
- Testing
- Femoral Traction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Infection, Surgical Site Infection
Efficacy and Safety of Ertapenem Sodium (MK-0826) Following Colorectal Surgery in Chinese Adults (MK-0826-056)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ertapenem sodium compared with ceftriaxone sodium/metronidazole for the prophylaxis of surgical site infection following elective colorectal surgery in Chinese…
- Trial name
- NCT01254344
- Testing
- ertapenem sodium, ceftriaxone sodium, metronidazole
- Volunteers
- 599 people
- Sponsor
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Varicocele
Assessing the Rates of Major Complications in Combined Mini-incision Microscopic Varicocelectomy
The purpose of this study is to determine the rates of major post-varicocelectomy complications (Recurrence, Hydrocele and Testicular Atrophy) in patients operated with a new method named Combined Mini-incision Microscopic…
- Trial name
- CMMV (NCT02092311)
- Testing
- Combined Microscopic Varicocelectomy, Inguinal and Subinguinal varicocelectomy
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 570 people
- Sponsor
- Omid Fertility Center
Cesarean Section, Wound Complications
Cesarean Trial of Staples vs. Sutures
To determine whether the rate of wound complications differs based on method of closure of skin incision (staples vs. suture) after cesarean delivery.
- Conditions
- Cesarean Section, Wound Complications, Patient Satisfaction, Pain Measurement
- Trial name
- CROSS (NCT01211600)
- Testing
- Staples, Suture
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 746 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Surgical Wound Infection
Topical Antibiotic Treatment for Spine Surgical Site Infection
There is considerable interest in using in-wound antibiotics (IWA) to prevent infection after spine surgery. An adequate evaluation of IWA is lacking and prior studies are limited by confounding and bias.
- Trial name
- NCT02776774
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Stress Urinary Incontinence
The Altis® Single Incision Sling System for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence Study
An international, multi-center, single arm, prospective clinical study designed to assess the safety and efficacy of the Coloplast Altis single incision sling system for females with stress urinary incontinence (SUI).
- Trial name
- NCT01272284
- Testing
- Altis® Single Incision Sling System (SIS)
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 113 people
- Sponsor
- Coloplast A/S
Acute Lung Injury, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Imaging of Peri-operative (periOP) Lung Injury
The aim of study is to determine if 99mTc Annexin V-128 (AxV- 128/Tc) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)-computed tomography (CT) can detect perioperative lung injury.
- Trial name
- NCT02978885
- Testing
- SPECT-CT imaging, AxV-128/Tc, Whipple procedure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University