Clinical trials: Surgical Procedure
Surgical Wound Dehiscence
Trial of Versajet Compared With Conventional Treatment in Acute and Chronic Wounds
It is increasingly recognised that the debridement of devitalised, bacterially contaminated or senescent tissue is an essential component of the effective treatment of delayed healing wounds.
- Trial name
- NCT01050673
- Testing
- VERSAJET, Scalpel or blade
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Post-surgical Dental Pain
Efficacy Of Pf-04531083 In Treating Post-Surgical Dental Pain
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the overall pain relief of a single dose of PF-04531083 against placebo following third molar extraction.
- Trial name
- NCT01512160
- Testing
- PF-04531083, Ibuprofen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Acute Pain
Efficacy, Tolerability, Safety, and Pharmacokinetic Study of DFN-15
Efficacy, Tolerability, Safety and Pharmacokinetic Study of DFN-15 in Post-Surgical Dental Pain.
- Trial name
- NCT03554772
- Testing
- DFN-15 (Celecoxib Oral Solution) 62.5 mg, DFN-15 (Celecoxib Oral Solution) 125 mg, DFN-15 (Celecoxib Oral Solution) 250 mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited
Wound Debridement
Chitosan Dressings to Facilitate Safe Effective Debridement of Chronic Wounds & Minimize Wound Bacterial Re-colonization
The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of HemCon chitosan-based dressings is effective to facilitate safe, effective debridement of chronic wounds in the operating room and inpatient ward settings and to minimize…
- Trial name
- NCT01035944
- Testing
- HemCon Dressings and HemCon ChitoGauze; chitosan-based., Gauze and saline dressings.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- HemCon Medical Technologies, Inc
Ventral Hernia Repair
SERI® Surgical Scaffold Postmarket Study of Soft Tissue Support in Ventral Hernia Repair
Prospective, multi center, single arm, clinical study to obtain clinical experience with the use of SERI® Surgical Scaffold for soft tissue support in ventral hernia repair.
- Trial name
- NCT01981044
- Testing
- Silk surgical mesh
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Sofregen Medical, Inc.
Surgical Simulation Education
Assessment of the Transferability of Skills From Robotic to Laparoscopic Simulation Platforms
This is a randomized controlled trial that will randomize 40 surgical skill naive medical students to practice on a robotic simulator or laparoscopic simulator after first completing a baseline evaluation on both surgical…
- Trial name
- NCT02370407
- Testing
- a laparoscopic simulator (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), VT Medical Inc, Waltham, MA), Mimic da Vinci robotic simulator
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Antibiotic Side Effect, Eyelid; Wound
Topical Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Eyelids
The investigators propose a prospective randomized control trial testing the hypothesis that routine topical antibiotic prophylaxis does not significantly reduce the rate of infection after eyelid surgery.
- Conditions
- Antibiotic Side Effect, Eyelid; Wound, Eyelid Diseases, Surgical Wound Infection
- Trial name
- NCT03199911
- Testing
- Topical Antibiotic Product, Topical Non-Antibiotic Ointment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 401 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Surgical Site Infection
Benefit of a Single Preoperative Dose of Antibiotics for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
In a rural hospital in Tanzania the rate of surgical site infections (SSI) was 21.6%. Inappropriate choice of antibiotics and of administration time were determined as sole risk factors in this setting.
- Trial name
- SSI2 (NCT00801099)
- Testing
- Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 276 people
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Atrial Fibrillation, Mitral Valve Insufficiency
Surgical Ablation Versus No Surgical Ablation for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery
The purpose of the research is to determine whether treating atrial fibrillation with surgical ablation during scheduled mitral valve surgery is better than mitral valve surgery by itself without the surgical ablation.
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation, Mitral Valve Insufficiency, Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Trial name
- NCT00903370
- Testing
- MVS, Ablation
- Where
- 21 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- Annetine Gelijns
Tonsillitis
PEAK PlasmaBlade TnA Versus Traditional Electrosurgery in Subcapsular Tonsillectomy
The objective of this clinical study is to evaluate the operative performance of the PEAK PlasmaBlade® TnA during subcapsular tonsillectomy; to monitor and record post-operative clinical outcome variables; and to compare these…
- Trial name
- PRECISE (NCT01193556)
- Testing
- PEAK PlasmaBlade TnA, Traditional Electrosurgery with scalpel
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Surgical Technologies
Cerebral Aneurysm Unruptured, Cerebral Aneurysm Ruptured
Surgical Theater's Surgery Rehearsal Platform
Objectives: The objective of this clinical study is to determine if the use of the SRP will lead to improved effort and time efficiency in cerebral aneurysm surgery.
- Trial name
- SRP (NCT02099318)
- Testing
- Active SRP cases, Control cases
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Macromastia
A Study to Evaluate Cutaneous Scar Quality Following Bilateral Breast Reduction With the PEAK PlasmaBlade 4.0
The objective of this clinical study is to evaluate scar quality following incision with the PEAK PlasmaBlade 4.0 using the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS), and to compare these results to equivalently-aged…
- Trial name
- PRECISE (NCT01284491)
- Testing
- PEAK PlasmaBlade 4.0, Traditional Electrosurgery with scalpel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Surgical Technologies
Surgical Wound Infection, Postoperative Wound Infection
Study Evaluating Severe Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) Following Contaminated Or Dirty-infected Abdominal Surgery
This is an observational study to evaluate the relative importance of the known risk factors for severe surgical site infections (SSIs) on the development of the more severe SSI cases, and to describe the demographic, clinical…
- Trial name
- EURIDICE (NCT00906074)
- Testing
- Elective or emergency abdominal surgery
- Volunteers
- 180 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Medtronic CoreValve REDO Study
The proposed investigation is a prospective, multicenter, non-randomized study to evaluate the immediate benefits (at discharge and at 30 days) in terms of performance and safety of the implantation of the Medtronic CoreValve PAV…
- Trial name
- REDO (NCT01051310)
- Testing
- Medtronic CoreValve System
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany, Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure
Short Duration Lower Limb Surgery Via Spinal Anaesthesia
Spinal Anaesthesia With Chloroprocaine HCl 1% for Elective Lower Limb Procedures of Short Duration.
This study evaluate the effect of 3 doses of Chloroprocaine HCl 1% (30, 40 and 50 mg) for spinal anaesthesia in adult patients undergoing short duration elective surgery of the lower limb.
- Trial name
- NCT02481505
- Testing
- Chloroprocaine HCl 1%
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Sintetica SA
Pre-Operative Testing for Cataract Surgery
Using Behavioral Economics to Reduce Low-Value Care
There is strong consensus - based on robust randomized trial data - that routine pre-operative (pre-op) testing for cataract surgery is inappropriate.
- Trial name
- NCT04104256
- Testing
- Nudge #1: Alert highlighting the safety/potential harms to patients of undergoing pre-op tests, Nudge #2: Alert highlighting the financial harms to the patient experiencing pre-op tests, Nudge #3: Alert highlighting potential psychological harms to the patient of experiencing pre-op tests
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,045 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Kidney Diseases, ESRD
Safety and Efficacy of Angiotech Vascular Wrap Paclitaxel-Eluting Mesh for Hemodialysis Vascular Access
This is a multi-center clinical study in subjects requiring arteriovenous grafts in the upper extremity for hemodialysis access. All subjects will provide informed consent before undergoing any study procedures.
- Trial name
- NCT00448708
- Testing
- Vascular Wrap Paclitaxel-Eluting Mesh, Lifespan® ePTFE Vascular Graft
- Where
- 33 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 222 people
- Sponsor
- Angiotech Pharmaceuticals
Wound Infection, Peripheral Arterial Disease
A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating Negative Pressure Therapy to Decrease Vascular Groin Incision Complications
The purpose of this study is to determine if the application of a negative pressure dressing intraoperatively (Prevena; KCI, Inc) to vascular groin incisions decreases the wound complication rate in high risk patients.
- Conditions
- Wound Infection, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Aneurysm, Surgical Wound Dehiscence
- Trial name
- NCT02581904
- Testing
- Prevena Care, Dry gauze dressing care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Kidney Cancer
Radiosurgery in Treating Patients With Kidney Tumors
RATIONALE: Radiosurgery can send x-rays directly to the tumor and cause less damage to normal tissue. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial studies the side effects and best dose of giving stereotactic radiosurgery and to see how well…
- Trial name
- NCT00458484
- Testing
- stereotactic radiosurgery, Renal Biopsy, Serum Blood Markers
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Post Surgical Wound
Evaluation of a Novel Post-Surgical Dressing
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Closed-Incision SNaP Device.
- Trial name
- NCT01831596
- Testing
- ciSNaP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people
- Sponsor
- KCI USA, Inc
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