Triclosan Coated Suture Wound Closure for Peripheral Vascular Surgery: a Prospective Multicenter Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01101789

Enrollment

276

Registered

2010-04-12

Start date

2010-04-30

Completion date

2011-01-31

Last updated

2015-10-14

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Conditions

Surgical Wound Infection

Keywords

surgical wound infection, triclosan-coated suture

Brief summary

This is a prospective randomized multicenter study which purpose is to determine whether triclosan-coated sutures for wound closure after lower limb vascular surgery would reduce the incidence of surgical wound infections.

Interventions

PROCEDUREtriclosan coated suture for surgical wound closure

triclosan coated suture for surgical wound closure

PROCEDUREregular sutures for surgical wound closure

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patient undergoing peripheral vascular surgery procedure

Exclusion criteria

* patients refusal

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
surgical wound infection	one month after surgical procedure

Countries

Finland

Outcome results

None listed

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