Study Comparing Negative Pressure Dressing vs Conventional in Patients With Resected STS After Radiotherapy

NCT ID: NCT05944913

Last Updated: 2025-08-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

166 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-03

Study Completion Date

2026-11-30

Brief Summary

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This is a randomized (1:1 ratio), prospective, comparative, controlled, open-label study. The aim is to compare the efficacy of negative pressure therapy (PREVENA™) versus standard postoperative wound management on the wound healing after surgery for previously irradiated Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS)

Detailed Description

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The gold standard treatment for primary non-metastatic STS is complete surgical resection. Peri-operative Radiation Therapy (RT) has been proved to improve local control . Nevertheless, the timing of RT, whether preoperative or postoperative, remains a debate.

Both have similar local control efficacy, but preoperative RT results in lower rates of long-term fibrosis and lymphedema and improved joint mobility than postoperative RT. On the other hand, the adverse effect of pre-operative RT is a higher rate of wound post-operative complications and re-operations.

Any effort to reduce the high rate of postoperative complications could offer the advantage of preoperative RT in terms of reduced long-term sequelae compared with postoperative RT without a higher wound complication rate postoperatively. Short retrospective series of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) after surgical resection of Soft Tissue Sarcoma (STS) have reported very encouraging results in preventing wound complications: patients treated with NPWT were less likely to develop wound complications than those who did not receive it. Both groups did not report an increased rate of local recurrence. The use of NPWT would also reduce the cost of care by avoiding complications.

That's why the investigators propose this study comparing the use of a negative pressure dressing to a conventional dressing in patients with STS of the limbs or trunk resected after neo-adjuvant external radiotherapy.

Conditions

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Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The randomization (1:1 ratio) will be stratified according to STS location (upper limb vs lower limb vs trunk) and ASA class (1 or 2 vs ≥ 3).
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Arm A : Surgery for STS and prevena

The surgery for the STS lesion will be performed according to standard practices.

PREVENA™ Incision Management System should be applied immediately post-surgery to clean surgically closed wounds. It should be continuously applied for a minimum of 2 days and up to a maximum of 7 days (as per PREVENA user manual)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Prevena

Intervention Type DEVICE

PREVENA™ is a CE-marked class IIa medical device. The PREVENA™ Incision Management System is also intended to manage the environment of closed surgical incisions and surround intact skin in patients at risk for developing post-operative complications, such as infection, by maintaining a closed environment via the application of a negative pressure wound therapy system to the incision.

Arm B : Surgery for STS and standard postoperative wound management

The surgery for the STS lesion will be performed according to standard practices.

The dressing and drainage of the wound will be performed according to usual practices, with the exception of negative pressure dressings.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Prevena

PREVENA™ is a CE-marked class IIa medical device. The PREVENA™ Incision Management System is also intended to manage the environment of closed surgical incisions and surround intact skin in patients at risk for developing post-operative complications, such as infection, by maintaining a closed environment via the application of a negative pressure wound therapy system to the incision.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age ≥ 18 years at the day of consenting to the study
* Patients with primary STS of the limb or trunk treated with preoperative external radiation therapy (decided in multidisciplinary board)
* Intent to cure resection required for STS planned between 3 to 8 weeks after the end of RT
* Planned primary wound closure, including local or distant jambeau
* Ability to understand and willingness for follow-up visits
* Covered by a medical insurance
* Signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the patient has been informed of all aspects of the trial prior to enrolment.

Exclusion Criteria

* Known hypersensibility to silver
* Patients with a diagnosis of Ewing's sarcoma, chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, or desmoid tumor. Nota bene: Only patients with bone tumors are affected; patients with soft tissue tumors can be included in the study.
* Patient in relapse setting;
* Patient requiring a surgical revision after R1 or R2 resection;
* Planned blade drainage;
* Planned no wound-closure and skin graft after resection
* Patient requiring authorship or curators or patient deprived of liberty.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Leon Berard

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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François Gouin, MD, Chirurgien

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Centre Leon Berard

Locations

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CHU Nantes

Nantes, Pays de Loire, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Leon Berard

Lyon, Rhône-Alpes Auvergne, France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest - Pays de Loire

Angers, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut Bergonié

Bordeaux, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHRU Tours Hôpital Trousseau

Chambray-lès-Tours, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Jean Perrin

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Georges François Leclerc

Dijon, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Centre Oscar Lambert

Lille, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU Limoges

Limoges, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut du Cancer de Montpellier

Montpellier, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut Curie

Paris, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

APHP Hôpital Cochin

Paris, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

CHU Rennes

Rennes, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

IUCT Oncopole

Toulouse, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Institut de Cancérologie de Lorraine

Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, , France

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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François Gouin, MD, Chirurgien

Role: CONTACT

0469855311 ext. +33

Séverine METZGER, Project Manager

Role: CONTACT

0478782786 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

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CRENN Vincent, MD,surger

Role: primary

0240083761 ext. +33

GOUIN François, MD, surger

Role: primary

0469855311 ext. +33

VAZ Gualter, MD, Surger

Role: backup

0469855310 ext. +33

WERNERT Romuald, MD

Role: primary

02 41 35 27 00

MICHOT Audrey, MD,surger

Role: primary

0556333216

LE NAIL Louis-Romée, MD,surger

Role: primary

GIMBERGUES Pierre, MD,surger

Role: primary

0473278000

CAUSERET Sylvain, MD, surger

Role: primary

DECANTER Gauthier, MD,surger

Role: primary

FIORENZA Fabrice, MD,surger

Role: primary

CARRERE Sébastien, MD,surger

Role: primary

0467614539

TZANIS Dimitri, MD, surger

Role: primary

BIAU David, MD,surger

Role: primary

ROPARS Mickaël, MD,surger

Role: primary

MERESSE Thomas, MD,surger

Role: primary

0531156032

MARCHAL Frédéric, MD

Role: primary

03 83 59 84 51

Other Identifiers

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ET22-146

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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