ow cost Negative Pressure Wound Therapy device for the purpose of providing affordable health care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: T300- Burn of unspecified body region, unspecified degreeHealth Condition 2: T149- Unspecified injury

• Registration Number: CTRI/2019/01/017263
• Lead Sponsor: Biotechnology industry research assistance council

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2019-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 24 November 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

Patients admitted or treated on out-patient basis at Kasturba hospital, Manipal, Government medical college hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Government medical college hospital, Kottayam, Government medical college hospital, Kozhikode, KS Hegde Medical college hospital, Mangalore for complex wound management as a result of trauma, infection and/or other surgical interventions.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with wounds having excessive necrotic tissue

Patients with wounds having exposed major blood vessels

Patients with uncontrolled bleeding disorders

Patients with wounds resulting from malignant neoplastic tissue.

Patients with wounds with high output open fistulae

Patients whose wounds have untreated uncontrolled osteomyelitis

Patients with severe excoriation of the skin surrounding the wound.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improved wound healing <br/ ><br>Wound size shrinks <br/ ><br>Wound is optimized for reconstructive procedures <br/ ><br>Lesser chances of infection <br/ ><br>Decreased pain from daily dressings <br/ ><br>NPWT will be done free of cost. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 5 days per patient <br/ ><br>trial period till 31.10.2019

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
affordable and effective negative pressure wound therapyTimepoint: trial period till 31.10.2019