Clinical trial · Interventional
Negative Pressure Dressing Therapy in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Surgery
Negative Pressure Dressings Versus Non-negative Pressure Dressing for Wound Care Following Soft Tissue Sarcoma Excision
NCT02901405CI-TRIAL-00055254terminatedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): The study was unable to meet recruitment targets
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This randomised controlled trial aims to evaluate the difference in surgical site infection following excision of soft tissue sarcomas. The intervention is a negative wound pressure therapy dressing for 120 hours, the control is standard absorbent dressings
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarcoma | Sarcoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Wound Infection | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (ActivVAC, KCI) | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Standard dressings | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
- description
- 120 hours of negative pressure wound therapy (ActiVAC, KCI) applied to a primarily closed ('acute') wound.
- interventionNames
- Device: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (ActivVAC, KCI)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Standard dressings
- description
- Absorbant dressings applied in a standard fashion, i.e. only changed as necessary
- interventionNames
- Device: Standard dressings
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Surgical Site Infection (proportion)
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 16 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults undergoing primary soft tissue sarcoma excision which is primarily closed. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to consent * Children * Post radiation sarcomas or sarcoma in presence of active infection * Multiple metastatic disease * Presence of Endoprosthesis
References
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