Study on Pressure Ulcers Prevention With Mepilex® Border Sacrum Dressing in Scheduled Cardiovascular Surgery
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A Monocentric, Comparative and Randomized Study on Pressure Ulcers Prevention With Mepilex® Border Sacrum Dressing in Scheduled Cardiovascular Surgery
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Brief Summary
The study is a randomised controlled trial of patients admitted for a scheduled cardiac surgery at the Clermont-Ferrand hospital. Patients meeting the study inclusion criteria will be allocated to either the control group that will receive pressure ulcer prevention standard care or the intervention group that will receive pressure ulcer prevention standard care plus have a Mepilex® Border dressing applied to their sacrum.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_4
Started Dec 2018
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
December 10, 2018
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 11, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 31, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 31, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 31, 2020
CompletedJanuary 31, 2019
January 1, 2019
9 months
January 11, 2019
January 29, 2019
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Pressure ulcer incidence
Incidence of sacral pressure ulcers acquired during patients' hospital stay
0-20 days
Study Arms (2)
Standard care
OTHERpressure ulcer prevention standard care
standard care + Mepilex® Border
EXPERIMENTALpressure ulcer prevention standard care + Mepilex® Border applied on sacrum
Interventions
Soft silicone self-adherent dressing (5-layers)
The control group will receive pressure ulcer prevention standard care
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Subject over 18 years of age,
- Subject programmed to benefit from cardiac surgery with sternotomy,
- Subject capable and willing to comply with the protocol and willing to give his written consent,
- Subject affiliated to a social security system
You may not qualify if:
- Subject with a skin lesion in the sacral area upon admission,
- Subject admitted for emergency cardiovascular surgery (unscheduled subject),
- Subject admitted for heart transplant surgery,
- Subject with a linguistic or psychological disability to sign informed consent,
- Subject refusing to give written consent,
- Subject deprived of liberty by administrative or judicial decision, under guardianship or curatorship.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrandlead
- Molnlycke Health Care ABcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Chu Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, 63003, France
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Franck HENTZ
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 4
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 11, 2019
First Posted
January 31, 2019
Study Start
December 10, 2018
Primary Completion
August 31, 2019
Study Completion
January 31, 2020
Last Updated
January 31, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-01