Evaluation of Dermal Closure With an Absorbable Barbed Suture as Compared to a Conventional Absorbable Suture
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Official title
A Prospective, Randomized Study to Evaluate Dermal Closure With an Absorbable Barbed Suture (V-Loc 180 Absorbable Wound Closure Device or V-Loc 90 Absorbable Wound Closure Device) as Compared to a Conventional Absorbable Suture
Brief summary
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The objective of this study is to evaluate the use of an absorbable barbed suture as compared to a conventional absorbable suture when used for dermal closure during certain body contouring procedures.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00959374
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 229 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Device
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 31, 2009
- Primary completion
- Apr 30, 2011
- Completion
- Jan 31, 2012
- Last update posted
- Apr 16, 2013
2009 – 2012
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 6
- U.S. states
- 5
- U.S. cities
- 6
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
| University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center | Worcester | Massachusetts | 01655 | — |
| Albany Medical Center | Albany | New York | 12206 | — |
| University of Rochester | Rochester | New York | 14642 | — |
| The Hunstad Center for Cosmetic Plastic Surgery | Huntersville | North Carolina | 28078 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Apr 16, 2013 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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