Daily Tenderwet dressings vs QID normal Saline compress as wound debridement agents

A Comparison of the effectiveness of daily Tenderwet dressings and QID normal Saline compress as wound debridement agents

Status

Terminated

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000180617

Enrollment

Registered

2005-08-19

Start date

2005-09-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The study will evaluate the ability of a new wound cleaning product (TenderWet) to achieve a clean wound when compared with traditional saline soaked gauze dressings.

Interventions

The study aims to evaluate replacing 4 times daily saline soaked compresses dressings with Tenderwet Hartmans's pre-soaked daily dressings in the management of chronic wounds.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients with chronic, slow/non healing (defined as a wound that shows no progress towards healing in 4 weeks) venous or mixed leg ulcers.2. Patients who are able to understand the purpose of the study and give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

1.Patients with severe systemic infections;2. Patients with arerial ulcers;3. Patients with severe lymphoedema or excessive wound exudate;4. Patients taking immunosuppressive drugs.

Outcome results