Wound Management for Sacral Pressure Ulcers With Necrotic Tissue

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Overview

Evaluation of a wound care debridement product and a moisturizer on sacral pressure ulcer wounds

Pressure ulcers on the sacral area will be applied with either a wound debridement product or a wound moisturizer product plus a gentle wound dressing to manage wound closure over a 2-3 week period of treatment.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pressure Ulcers

Interventions

TheraHoney HDDEVICE

Honey

SkinTegrityDEVICE

Hydrogel

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female subjects of any age * Sacral wounds with necrotic tissue Exclusion Criteria: * 3rd degree burns * know hypersensitivity to products

Locations (2)

Swedish Covenant Hospital

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Harmony Residential Facility

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Percentage of Wounds Healed

Percentage of wounds that were complete or partially healed with either treatment measured by change in wound size of sacral pressure ulcer

Time frame: 3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Number of Participants With Adverse Events

Adverse events related to the presence or absence of wound infections and worsening in ulcer staging.

Time frame: 3 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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