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The Effects of Compression Stockings on Pressure Parameters in Patients With Chronic Venous Insufficiency

Completed
Conditions
Venous Insufficiency
Registration Number
NCT01558024
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Brief Summary

The main objective of this study is to obtain data to determine, in each individual with and without wearing compression stockings of different strengths and during different postures, the relationship between interface pressure and the area and circumference of the great saphenous vein and posterior tibial veins in the calf and ankle.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
111
Inclusion Criteria
  • The participant must have given his/her informed and signed consent
  • The participant must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan

Inclusion criteria for patients in the venous insufficiency group:

  • CEAP (Clinical-Etiology-Anatomy-Pathophysiology) Classification : C1S, C3 or C5

Inclusion criteria for healthy volunteers

  • general good health
  • subgroups including:
  • sedentary volunteers (< 2hours of physical activity per week)
  • active volunteers (between 2 and 6 hours of physical activity per week)
  • athletic volunteers (over 6 hours of physical activity per week for at least 1 year)
Exclusion Criteria
  • The participant is participating in another study, except the "volumetric" counterpart to the present study
  • The participant is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
  • The participant is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
  • The participant refuses to sign the consent
  • It is impossible to correctly inform the participant
  • The participant is pregnant, parturient, or breastfeeding
  • Arterial vascular disease, heart, lymph, renal, hepatic, oncologic, metabolic or endocrine or any other condition that may cause or exaggerate edema

Exclusion criteria for healthy volunteers:

  • Risk for abnormal bleeding (hemophilia, anticoagulation or antiplatelet)
  • Taking diuretics or corticoids

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Correlation between D and A/F at the calfBaseline (Day 0)

D = the diameters of the largest cross section of the posterior tibial veins at calf level; A = the area of the largest cross section of the posterior tibial veins at the calf level; F = interface pressure measured along the leg using a 13 captor system.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Interface pressure for the legbaseline; day 0

Interface pressure (mmHg) measured using 13 captors over the entire leg in the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic and orthodynamic.

Venous pressure at the ankle (mmHg)baseline; day 0

Pressure of the great saphenous vein is measured at the ankle in the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic and orthodynamic

Heart height difference (mm); saphenous vein, anklebaseline, day 0

The difference in height (mm) between the right atrium and the target cross section on the saphenous vein in the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic.

Leg circumference (mm)baseline; Day 0

The circumference of the leg is measured every 5 cm in a decubitus dorsal position.

Calf interstitial pressurebase line; day 0

Intramuscular interstitial pressure is measured in the calf for 1/3 or randomly selected participants in the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic and orthodynamic.

Posterior tibial vein area, calfbaseline, day 0

Area (mm\^2)of the largest cross section of the posterior tibial veins at calf level and for the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic

Saphenous vein perimeter, calfbaseline, day 0

Perimeter (mm)of the largest cross section of the great saphenous vein at calf level and for the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic

Posterior tibial vein perimeter, calfbaseline, day 0

Perimeter (mm)of the largest cross section of the posterior tibial veins at calf level and for the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic

Heart height difference (mm); posterior tibial vein, anklebaseline, day 0

The difference in height (mm) between the right atrium and the target cross section on the posterior tibial veins in the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic.

Saphenous vein area, anklebaseline, day 0

Area (mm\^2)of the largest cross section of the great saphenous vein at ankle level and for the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic

Posterior tibial vein area, anklebaseline, day 0

Area (mm\^2)of the largest cross section of the posterior tibial veins at ankle level and for the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic

Saphenous vein perimeter, anklebaseline, day 0

Perimeter (mm)of the largest cross section of the great saphenous vein at ankle level and for the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic

Saphenous vein area, calfbaseline, day 0

Area (mm\^2)of the largest cross section of the great saphenous vein at calf level and for the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic

Heart height difference (mm); posterior tibial veins, calfbaseline, day 0

The difference in height (mm) between the right atrium and the target cross section on the posterior tibial veins in the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic.

Posterior tibial vein perimeter, anklebaseline, day 0

Perimeter (mm)of the largest cross section of the posterior tibial veins at ankle level and for the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic

Heart height difference (mm); saphenous vein, calfbaseline, day 0

The difference in height (mm) between the right atrium and the target cross section on the saphenous vein in the following positions: decubitus dorsal, sitting, orthostatic.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

CHU de Montpellier - Hôpital Saint-Eloi

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Montpellier, France

CHU de Nîmes - Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau

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Nîmes Cedex 09, France

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