Based upon the in-vitro data AQUACEL® Extra™ achieves a 39% increase in absorbency. As such it is anticipated that through improved exudate management a longer wear time will be achieved in the AQUACEL® Extra™ group compared to AQUACEL® in the management of chronic wounds such as venous leg ulcers.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
65
Dressing to be changed as clinically needed or at least every seven days.
Dressing to be changed as clinically needed or at least every seven days.
Dermatologische Gemeinschaftspraxis
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Bramfelder Chaussee
Hamburg, Germany
Mitralis Expertise Centrum
Heerlen, Netherlands
Wear Time
frequency of dressing changes
Time frame: 4 weeks
Wear Time
Reason for dressing changes
Time frame: 4 weeks
% of dressings achieving a 7 day wear time
Time frame: 4 weeks
Time to achieve a 7 day wear time
Time frame: 4 weeks
Condition of the peri-ulcer skin
Improvement from baseline in the condition of the peri-ulcer skin
Time frame: 4 weeks
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Nzoz Certus
Lodz, Poland
CF Centrum Flebologii Anna i Beata Narojczyk
Warsaw, Poland
Continuum Care
Warsaw, Poland
Medyczna "Medservice"
Zabrze, Poland
Arrowe Park Hospital,
Upton, Wirral, United Kingdom
Bradford Teaching Hospitals
Bradford, United Kingdom
Wound Healing Research Unit, Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
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