A study to investigate the Effect of Surgery and Compression on Healing And Recurrence in chronic venous ulceratio

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic venous ulceration; Circulatory System; Venous ulceration

• Registration Number: ISRCTN07549334
• Lead Sponsor: South West NHS R&D Directorate (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-04-13
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

Open or recently healed leg ulceration (within six months) of greater than four weeks duration between knee and malleoli, with Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI) above 0.85 and duplex evidence of superficial with or without deep venous reflux.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Duplex imaging not possible
2. Patient unable/unwilling to give informed consent
3. Deep venous occlusion
4. Unfit for surgery (even under local anaesthetic)
5. Multilayer compression therapy not practical
6. Malignant ulceration

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Ulcer healing<br>2. Ulcer recurrence

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
lcer free time