Prophylactic Negative Wound Therapy in Laparotomy Wounds.

NCT ID: NCT03871023

Last Updated: 2019-09-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

240 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-11-06

Study Completion Date

2020-12-01

Brief Summary

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Post-operative wound issues in abdominal surgery have a significant impact on patient outcomes. The impact of different types of wound therapy are not clear in the literature.

The hypothesis of this study is that NPWT has the potential to reduce Surgical Site Infections, however no study has compared the most commonly used products against standard dressings.

Detailed Description

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In the era of enhanced recovery, improving modifiable peri-operative and post-operative factors is essential to better patient outcomes. Surgical site complications in the form of wound infections are a major burden to the healthcare system. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) as delivered by a surgical incision management system (SIMS) is a novel approach to improve wound healing when applied to closed incisions.

However, data is limited in its application to laparotomy incisions in the acute and elective care surgery setting. Surgical site infections can complicate a patient's post-operative course significantly, often necessitating a longer length of stay, antibiotic therapy, intervention for wound collections and impair patient mobility and overall recovery.

In addition to this, laparotomy wound complications can possibly delay adjuvant therapy and also increases healthcare costs both as an inpatient and in the community. Despite significant measures to reduce such complications in the form of wound care bundles, changing of gloves prior to wound closure etc, surgical site complications continue to represent a huge healthcare burden.

Aim;

1\. To determine if prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy confers a lower rate of Superficial Site Infection or reduces wound complications in Emergency or Elective Laparotomy wounds thereby improving post-operative patient recovery and reducing healthcare costs.

Conditions

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Wound Infection; Wounds; Dehisence; Cosmesis; Home Care; Length of Hospital Stay

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

3 separate treatment arms
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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Simple dressing

Standard, waterproof dressing applied to wound

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Smith & Nephew PICO Negative wound pressure versus standard dresing

Intervention Type DEVICE

To investigate if negative wound pressure improves wound outcome

PREVENA Negative pressure wound versus standard dressing

Intervention Type DEVICE

To investigate if negative wound pressure improves wound outcome

PICO Dressing

Negative Wound pressure applied second cohort

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

PREVENA Negative pressure wound versus standard dressing

Intervention Type DEVICE

To investigate if negative wound pressure improves wound outcome

PREVENA Dressing

Negative wound presure applied to third cohort

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Smith & Nephew PICO Negative wound pressure versus standard dresing

Intervention Type DEVICE

To investigate if negative wound pressure improves wound outcome

Interventions

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Smith & Nephew PICO Negative wound pressure versus standard dresing

To investigate if negative wound pressure improves wound outcome

Intervention Type DEVICE

PREVENA Negative pressure wound versus standard dressing

To investigate if negative wound pressure improves wound outcome

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All patients over the age of 18 years of age undergoing a laparotomy are eligible for entry into this study. Benign and malignant conditions are eligible for inclusion.

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant patients and those undergoing re-look laparotomies are to be excluded.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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St. James's Hospital, Ireland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Noel Edward Donlon

Specialist Registrar General Surgery

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Noel E Donlon

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

St. James's Hospital, Ireland

Locations

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St. James' Hospital

Dublin, , Ireland

Site Status

Countries

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Ireland

Central Contacts

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Noel E Donlon

Role: CONTACT

00353863557726 ext. 00353863557726

References

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Donlon NE, Boland PA, Kelly ME, Schmidt K, Cooke F, Neary PM, Barry KM, Reynolds JV. Prophylactic negative wound therapy in laparotomy wounds (PROPEL trial): randomized controlled trial. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2019 Nov;34(11):2003-2010. doi: 10.1007/s00384-019-03398-9. Epub 2019 Sep 16.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31529194 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SJH0519

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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