Clinical trials: Postoperative Wound Complications
Surgical Site Infection, Surgical Wound Infection
ROSSINI 2 - Reduction of Surgical Site Infection Using Several Novel Interventions
ROSSINI 2 is a phase III, multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) pragmatic, blinded (patient and outcome assessor), multicentre, randomised controlled trial (RCT) with an internal pilot, to evaluate the use of several in-theatre…
- Conditions
- Surgical Site Infection, Surgical Wound Infection, Surgery--Complications, Surgery
- Trial name
- ROSSINI 2 (NCT03838575)
- Testing
- 2% alcoholic chlorhexidine skin prep (SKIN PREP), Iodophor Antimicrobial Incise Drapes (DRAPE), Gentamicin-impregnated implants/ sponges (SPONGE)
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 6,610 people
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Lung Cancer, Vagus Nerve Injuries
Vagus Nerve Preservation and Chronic Cough in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Surgery
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Surgical resection is the main treatment for resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and lobectomy with systemic mediastinal lymph node dissection is the standard…
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer, Vagus Nerve Injuries, Cough
- Trial name
- NCT04923412
- Testing
- Pulmonary branch of vagus nerve preserved, Pulmonary branch of vagus nerve not preserved
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 214 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury
Minimal Sedation Versus Standard Continuous Sedation After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Most patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remain comatose on hospital admission and are routinely managed with continuous sedation.
- Conditions
- Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury, Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT07895771
- Testing
- Minimal sedation, Standard continuous sedation
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Surgical Site Infection, Zonulin
Zonulin Biomarker for Diagnosis of Hip and Knee Infections
Prior studies investigating the etiopathogenesis of surgical site infection (SSI) traditionally suggested three main ways for the infection to occur: local contamination occurring during the surgery, hematogenous translocation of…
- Trial name
- NCT04666519
- Testing
- Zonulin Biomarker
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rothman Institute Orthopaedics
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy, Wound Heal
Compare Stoma Reversal Wound Outcomes Between NPWT and Secondary Intention Healing
This was a single-center, parallel-group randomized controlled trial conducted in 2025 at the General Surgery Ward of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi.
- Conditions
- Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy, Wound Heal, Stoma Site Infection, Surgical Site Infection
- Trial name
- NCT07258134
- Testing
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Maryam Arbab
Pain, Postoperative, Wound; Abdomen
Surgical Versus Anaesthetic Placement of Rectus Sheath Catheters
This is a single centred randomized controlled trial comparing surgeon versus anaesthetist inserted rectus sheath catheters for management of analgesia post major abdominal surgery.
- Conditions
- Pain, Postoperative, Wound; Abdomen, Incision
- Trial name
- SPARC (NCT03137732)
- Testing
- Rectus Sheath Catheter
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust
Pain, Postoperative, Burns
Liposomal Bupivacaine Versus Lidocaine for Skin Graft Donor Site Pain
Donor site pain study comparing post-operative donor site pain and opioid consumption after use of Lidocaine, Liposomal Bupivicaine or regional nerve block for split thickness skin graft harvesting in patients with less than 20%…
- Trial name
- NCT03854344
- Testing
- Lidocaine Hydrochloride, Liposomal bupivacaine, Bupivacaine Hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Non-restorable Teeth, Intraoral Surgical Incisions
Efficacy of Using Knotless Barbed Suture vs N-Butyl Cyanoacrylate Glue Tissue Adhesive for Closure of Intraoral Surgical Incisions
This clinical study aims to compare the efficacy of knotless barbed sutures versus N-butyl cyanoacrylate glue tissue adhesive for the closure of intra-oral surgical incisions, with traditional PGA vicryl sutures as a control…
- Conditions
- Non-restorable Teeth, Intraoral Surgical Incisions, Wound Closure, Surgical Tooth Extraction
- Trial name
- KBA vs CA (NCT07491276)
- Testing
- PDO Knotless Barbed Suture, N-Butyl Cyanoacrylate Glue (PERIACRYL), 3/0 Resorbable PGA Suture
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Future University in Egypt
Incisional Hernia/Prevention and Control, Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
Comparison of Small-bite Versus Conventional Midline Fascial Closure in Abdominal Surgeries
This study investigates how different incision and fascial closure (suture) techniques used in abdominal surgery are associated with the development of incisional hernia, a common long-term complication after laparotomy.
- Trial name
- NCT07340918
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
Pain, Postoperative
Intraoperative Methadone vs Morphine for Postoperative Pain Control in Patients Undergoing Surgery of the Tibia
The purpose of this study is to determine whether, for surgery of the tibia, one dose of methadone provides better control of pain afterward as compared to morphine, which is the usual drug given to control pain after surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT01430182
- Testing
- Methadone, Morphine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Liver Transplant Disorder, Reperfusion Injury
Cardiac Strain Using Speckle Tracking Echocardiography During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Researchers are trying to improve the understanding of systolic function of the heart at the time of liver reperfusion in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation.
- Trial name
- NCT04316468
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Surgical Site Infection (SSI), Cesarean Section Wound
Subcutaneous Drain Versus Wound Irrigation by Normal Saline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection Following Caesarean Section in Obese Patients.
This is a prospective randomized controlled trial conducted at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital to compare subcutaneous drain versus wound irrigation with normal saline for the prevention of surgical site infection…
- Trial name
- NCT07517718
- Testing
- Subcutaneous Drain, Normal Saline
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 189 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Hepatectomy
Organ Protection With Sevoflurane Postconditioning
Organ protection, volatile anesthetics, postconditioning, hepatic surgery
- Trial name
- NCT00518908
- Testing
- Sevoflurane
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Pain, Postoperative
Feasibility of TAP for XLIF Surgery
Key questions of this feasibility trial will be the feasibility of performing the TAP block in XLIF patients, screen for safety of the block and preliminary investigate the influence on pain control and quality of recovery.
- Trial name
- NCT05497908
- Testing
- TAP block via lateral approach, TAP block via posterior approach
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Jessa Hospital
Surgical Site Infection
Gaps Between Evidence and Practice in Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Spain
Web-based survey to members of 10 Spanish Associations of surgical nurses and surgeons of different specialities to know the application of preventative measures for surgical site infection.
- Trial name
- SurveyOIC (NCT04310878)
- Testing
- Survey among perioperative nurses and surgeons
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Granollers
Acute Appendicitis, Acute Cholecystitis
Web-based International Register of Emergency Surgery and Trauma
The WIRES-T project (Web-based International Registry of Emergency General Surgery and Trauma) has been set up to allow to all the EGS (Emergency General Surgery) and Trauma surgeons to register their activity and to obtain a…
- Conditions
- Acute Appendicitis, Acute Cholecystitis, Acute Diverticulitis, Post-operative Complications
- Trial name
- WIRES-T (NCT03643718)
- Testing
- Emergency General Surgery
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- A.O. Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII
Surgical Site Infection, Surgical Wound Infection
Floraseal Versus Iodine Impregnated Adhesive Drapes
Infection after total joint arthroplasty can have devastating consequences. Adhesive drapes have been traditionally used at our institution to help reduce the risk of wound contamination and infection by superficial skin flora.
- Trial name
- NCT03466489
- Testing
- Floraseal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Lung Transplant Failure
Biomolecular Phenotyping of Lung Transplant Recipients
Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a common problem after a lung transplant. It's a sudden lung injury that affects around 30% of patients within 72 hours of getting a new lung.
- Trial name
- LUTX_phenotype (NCT06125535)
- Testing
- Sub-phenotyping by biomarkers concentration
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Policlinico Hospital
Postoperative Pain
The Analgesic Effect of Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Following Radical Prostatectomy
This study is conducted to evaluate different analgesic treatments effect following operation where the prostate gland is surgically removed. The different treatments the investigators wish to investigate is: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT01317368
- Testing
- Naropine
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Hip Fractures, Sleep
Researching the Effects of Sleep on STep Count dUring the Postoperative Period
Patients over the age of 65 who are admitted to the Juravinski Hospital for treatment of hip fractures will be invited to take part in the study.
- Conditions
- Hip Fractures, Sleep, Postoperative Complications, Delirium
- Trial name
- REST-UP (NCT03776526)
- Testing
- Fitbit® Alta HR Sleep monitoring
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Christopher Patterson