Pilot Study Comparing Taliderm™ Dressing Versus Standard of Care for Open Incision and Drainage of Wounds

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00686296

Enrollment

Registered

2008-05-29

Start date

2008-12-31

Completion date

2011-04-30

Last updated

2015-03-17

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Conditions

Wounds

Keywords

soft tissue abscess requiring incision and drainage

Brief summary

To evaluate wound healing with the use of Taliderm™ dressing and compare it to wet to dry dressing in the treatment of open wounds after incision and drainage.

Interventions

OTHERTaliderm™

taliderm™ dressing application once

OTHERstandard wet to dry dressing with gauze

wet to dry dressing standard of care

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Inpatients with soft tissue abscess that will result in an open surgical wounds greater than or equal to 4 cms in any dimension * Wound will require serial dressing changes * Greater than or equal to 18 years of age * Ability to obtain informed consent

Exclusion criteria

* Inability to obtain informed consent * Pregnancy * Prisoner

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary endpoint of this study will be rate of wound healing (judged as per cent complete wound closure) at the two (2) and three (3) week follow-up visits.	two and three weeks

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
occurence of wound infection	two and three weeks

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026