Open Abdomen Study Comparing ABThera™ Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy System and Barker's Vacuum Packing Technique
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Official title
A Prospective Study Examining Clinical Outcomes Associated With the Management of the Open Abdomen With the ABThera™ Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy System and Barker's Vacuum Packing Technique
Brief summary
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This study is being done to gather data that will be used to compare two different TAC (Temporary Abdominal Closure) methods that your doctor may use. The two TAC methods being compared are the Barker's vacuum packing technique or BVPT and the Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy System (ABThera) developed by the sponsor of this research (KCI, San Antonio, TX). The BVPT is made up of supplies that are stocked in most surgery rooms. The ABThera dressing is available commercially. Neither method will be supplied to the doctor (Principal Investigator), so that in no way would the subject's standard of care be different from what they would get if the study was not being done. This study is observational and only collects data about how the subject progresses after surgery TAC is used. When a study is observational it means that the subject's standard medical care will not be altered in any way, simply watched. The doctor will not change treatment of your open abdomen.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01016353
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 283 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 75 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
- Dec 2009 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Jan 2011 (Actual)
- Completion
- Jan 2011 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Dec 2, 2024
2009 – 2011
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 11
- U.S. states
- 10
- U.S. cities
- 10
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of South Alabama Medical Center | Mobile | Alabama | 36617 | — |
| LAC/USC Medical Center | Los Angeles | California | 90033 | — |
| Orlando Regional Medical Center | Orlando | Florida | 32806 | — |
| Cook County Medical Center | Chicago | Illinois | 60612 | — |
| Tulane Medical Center | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70117 | — |
| University of Maryand | Baltimore | Maryland | 21201 | — |
| University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 73117 | — |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland | Oregon | 97239 | — |
| Albert Einstein Medical Center | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19006 | — |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
| Regional Medical Center | Memphis | Tennessee | 38163 | — |
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- Last update posted Dec 2, 2024 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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