PDS*Plus and Wound Infections After Laparotomy

NCT ID: NCT00998907

Last Updated: 2012-01-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1042 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-09-30

Study Completion Date

2012-01-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to ascertain if the use of PDS plus® reduces the number of wound infections and incisional hernia after midline and transverse laparotomy comparing to polyglactin suture.

Detailed Description

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All patients are treated using clinical pathways (CP) to standardise surgical procedures in our high volume centre. Part of the clinical process management was the standardisation of wound incision and abdominal wall closure.

Wound closure is achieved using continuous absorbable loop suture. The suture length to incision length ratio is at least 4:1. The running sutures are 1 cm apart and at least 1.5 cm from the wound edge. In the first time period , the CP step for fascia closure foresees a triclosan-coated PDS 910 loop suture (PDS plus®, Ethicon GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany). In the second time period the CP step will be altered to the use of PDS loop suture (PDS II®, Ethicon GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany). The CP- step is changed every 100 patients to cluster-randomize the patients. The primary outcome is the number of wound infections. Together with this the number of incisional hernia will be recorded. Patients demographic and disease as well as procedure related data are collected in a clinical information system (ISHmed on SAP platform, GSD, Berlin, Germany) prospectively. Risk factors for poor wound healing, such as operation time, patients age, sex, body mass index, blood loss, peritonitis, antibiotics, and performance level classified according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), are collected prospectively to compare the two groups.

Conditions

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Wound Infection Incisional Hernia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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PDS II

PDS II® loop suture is used for abdominal wall closure

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

PDS II

Intervention Type DEVICE

polyglactin 910 suture material for abdominal wall closure

PDS plus

antibacterial coated "PDS plus" is used for abdominal wall closure

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PDS plus

Intervention Type DEVICE

triclosan-coated polydiaxanon 910 suture materials with antiseptic activity (PDS plus®, Ethicon GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany)

Interventions

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PDS plus

triclosan-coated polydiaxanon 910 suture materials with antiseptic activity (PDS plus®, Ethicon GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany)

Intervention Type DEVICE

PDS II

polyglactin 910 suture material for abdominal wall closure

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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PDS plus®

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* surgical pathologies accessed via midline or transverse abdominal incision
* primary fascial closure

Exclusion Criteria

* pregnancy
* age under 18 years
* open abdominal treatment
* known hypersensitivity against PDS/Triclosan
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Saarland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Christoph Justinger

Priciple Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Christoph Justinger, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University of Saarland, D-66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany

Martin K Schilling, M.D., FRCS

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University of Saarland, D-66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany

Locations

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Department of General, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University of Saarland,

Homburg/Saar, , Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

References

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Justinger C, Moussavian MR, Schlueter C, Kopp B, Kollmar O, Schilling MK. Antibacterial [corrected] coating of abdominal closure sutures and wound infection. Surgery. 2009 Mar;145(3):330-4. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.11.007. Epub 2009 Jan 25.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19231586 (View on PubMed)

Justinger C, Slotta JE, Ningel S, Graber S, Kollmar O, Schilling MK. Surgical-site infection after abdominal wall closure with triclosan-impregnated polydioxanone sutures: results of a randomized clinical pathway facilitated trial (NCT00998907). Surgery. 2013 Sep;154(3):589-95. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.04.011. Epub 2013 Jul 13.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23859304 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.uniklinikum-saarland.de/de/einrichtungen/kliniken-und-institute/chirurgie/allgemeinchirurgie

Dept. of General Surgery, Visceral, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Saarland

Other Identifiers

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09/2009

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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