50
Participants
Start Date
January 19, 2016
Primary Completion Date
July 1, 2020
Study Completion Date
December 1, 2020
Bridged V.A.C.® with compression therapy
Patients randomised to receive Bridge VAC with compression dressings will be managed using ActiV.A.C. Therapy unit, with a continuous pressure of 125mmHg. A V.A.C.® Granufoam™ Bridge Dressing will be used instead of the tube connector. A Coban™ Lite compression dressing will be placed over the VAC dressing. The Bridge connector of the VAC will be used to tunnel underneath the Coban™ Lite till the upper edge of the dressing.
Conventional Compression Therapy
Patients randomised to receive compression dressings will be managed using Coban™ Lite compression dressings with underlying non-adherent wound contact layer (WCL) dressings. Under the supervision of the investigating clinician, the dressings will be applied by a wound care specialist nurse and changed once to three times per week (depending on amount of exudate), until full ulcer healing or up to 12 weeks.
Department of Vascular Surgery, Western Vascular Institute, Galway University Hospital, Galway
Western Vascular Institute, Ireland
OTHER