Fluid Lavage of Open Wounds
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Official title
Fluid Lavage of Open Wounds (FLOW): A Multi-center, Blinded, Factorial Trial Comparing Alternative Irrigating Solutions and Pressures in Patients With Open Fractures
Brief summary
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Open fracture wounds are a constant challenge to orthopaedic surgeons, with infections a common complication. There is currently little evidence as to which is the most effective way to wash out these wounds. This study is a multi-center, prospective, randomized study. The infection rates will be compared between irrigation using high pressure versus low pressure versus gravity flow, and also saline versus a soap solution as the irrigation solution. The results from this study will help to determine the best method of washing out open fractures wounds. In this study, all open wounds will be washed out using methods commonly used by orthopaedic surgeons
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00788398
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 2,540 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Saline Solution Procedure
- Soap solution Procedure
- Gravity Flow Irrigation Procedure
- Low Pressure Irrigation Procedure
- High Pressure Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 14 Years to 85 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 2009 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Jan 2015 (Actual)
- Completion
- Apr 2015 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Feb 11, 2016
2009 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 14
- U.S. states
- 12
- U.S. cities
- 14
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama | 35294 | — |
| University of California-Irvine | Orange | California | 92868 | — |
| University of California- San Francisco | San Francisco | California | 94110 | — |
| Wishard Health Services, Indiana University | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| Lahey Clinic | Burlington | Massachusetts | 01805 | — |
| Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 49503 | — |
| Hennepin County Medical Center | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55415 | — |
| University of Missouri Health Care | Columbia | Missouri | 65212 | — |
| St. Louis University | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Duke University | Durham | North Carolina | 27710 | — |
| Miami Valley Hospital/Wright State University | Dayton | Ohio | 45409 | — |
| University of Pittsburg | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | — | — |
| Greenville Hospital System | Greenville | South Carolina | 29605 | — |
| Brooke Army Medical Center | Fort Sam Houston | Texas | 78234 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last update posted Feb 11, 2016 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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