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NCT Number: NCT00686296

Pilot Study Comparing Taliderm™ Dressing Versus Standard of Care for Open Incision and Drainage of Wounds

To evaluate wound healing with the use of Taliderm™ dressing and compare it to wet to dry dressing in the treatment of open wounds after incision and drainage.

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Key information

Conditions

Wounds Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Hospital

San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Inpatients with soft tissue abscess that will result in an open surgical wounds greater than or equal to 4 cms in any dimension
  • Wound will require serial dressing changes
  • Greater than or equal to 18 years of age
  • Ability to obtain informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Inability to obtain informed consent
  • Pregnancy
  • Prisoner

Treatment and study plan

Taliderm™

Other

taliderm™ dressing application once

standard wet to dry dressing with gauze

Other

wet to dry dressing standard of care

Primary outcomes

  1. The primary endpoint of this study will be rate of wound healing (judged as per cent complete wound closure) at the two (2) and three (3) week follow-up visits.

    Time frame: two and three weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. occurence of wound infection

    Time frame: two and three weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
May 29, 2008
Registry last updated
Mar 17, 2015

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