Recruiting

Negative-pressure Wound Therapy

Sponsor:

Albany Medical College

Code:

NCT02901613

Conditions

Negative-pressure Wound Therapy

Morbid Obesity

Cesarean Section

Wound Infection

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Negative-pressure wound therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

To evaluate the effectiveness of negative-pressure wound therapy in decreasing wound complications in morbidly obese patients (BMI greater than of equal to 40) at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Retrospective data will be collected regarding morbidly obese patients who have undergone cesarean section and patients will be recruited to have the intervention (negative-pressure wound therapy) applied and outcomes will be evaluated.

Conditions

Negative-pressure Wound Therapy

Morbid Obesity

Cesarean Section

Wound Infection

Study ID

NCT02901613

Start date

Aug, 2016

Status verified date

Feb, 2017

Completion date

Aug, 2017

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2017

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Women undergoing cesarean section at Albany Medical Center Hospital
  • Current BMI greater than or equal to 40

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Current BMI less than 40
  • current skin or soft tissue infection
  • skin or soft tissue disorder
  • allergy to silver

Study Design

Enrollment

186 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Retrospective

Standard dry sterile dressing

experimental: Prospective

Negative-pressure wound therapy

Interventions

Negative-pressure wound therapy

Primary outcome measure

  • Wound complication [ Time Frame: 3 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Cassandra Denefrio, MD

5182645026denefrc@mail.amc.edu

Locations

Albany Medical Center

Recruiting

Albany, New York, United States, 12208

Contacts

Peter R Cole, MD

518-264-5026colep@mail.amc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Albany Medical College

Last update posted

Feb 13, 2017

Last verified

Feb, 2017

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Albany Medical College on 2017-02-13.