NCT01509599View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Cooling Lower Leg Skin to Prevent Venous Leg Ulcers in Patients With Poor Vein Circulation

PHASE1/PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

197

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2011

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2015

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2015

Conditions
Venous DiseaseVenous Vascular Diseases and SyndromesVenous InsufficiencyVenous Ulcers
Interventions
PROCEDURE

Cryotherapy: Cooling gel wrap

Patients will wear compression stockings (provided), elevate legs on an elevator pillow (provided) and apply the sham cyrotherapy: cooling gel wrap during the home-based intervention

PROCEDURE

Usual care

Patients will wear compression stockings (provided), elevate legs on an elevator pillow (provided) and apply the sham cyrotherapy wrap (sham) during the home-based intervention

Trial Locations (2)

29303

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg

29425

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

NIH

lead

Medical University of South Carolina

OTHER

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