Red Light Therapy for pilonidal sinus wounds- a pilot study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Pilonidal sinus wounds; Surgery - Other surgery; Skin - Other skin conditions

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620001062910
• Lead Sponsor: Monash Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-10-16
• Last Update Posted: 26 October 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged 18 years and over.
• Pilonidal sinus wound first surgical management with surgical debridement and healing by
secondary intention.
• Requires daily passive dressings that would normally require referral to Monash HITH.
• Able to understand the plain language summary and competent to make informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

•Women who are pregnant.
•Patients on immunosuppressant drugs including corticosteroids.
•People with a diagnosis of cancer; dementia, severe mental illness or any other condition that may significantly reduce the ability to consent or fully undertake the program and/or that may adversely affect clinical risk.
•Previous participation in the trial.
•Participant’s primary clinician unwilling to enrol patient in the trial.
•Undermining of wound greater than 2cm and depth greater than 5cm.
•Patient unwilling to participate.
•Unable to understand the plain language summary and to make informed consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Protocol adherence <br>Nursing notes [6 months from recruitment of 1st patient]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
proportion of participants that reach 50 % reduction in wound surface area<br>The patients will have their wounds measured weekly by the clinical project managers ( 2 specified individuals) as well as having photos taken weekly. The measurements will by done manually.[Patient's will have the wound measured and photographed at one week after after admission to Monash HITH unit and then again at 2 weeks, if the patient is to be discharged before this time then measurements and photos will be taken at that time.]