Randomized Clinical Trial of Skin Closure With Staples Versus Suture
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Official title
Randomized Controlled Phase IIB Trial Evaluating Wound Complication Rate After Skin Closure With Staples Versus Subcuticular Suture in Patients With BMI >=30
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01977612
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Lead sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Other
- Enrollment
- 173 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- 4-0 monofilament suture Device
- Stainless steel staples Device
Device
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 85 Years
- Sex
- Female
- 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
- May 14, 2013
- Primary completion
- Jun 16, 2016
- Completion
- Jun 29, 2016
- Last update posted
- Jul 30, 2017
2013 – 2016
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University School of Medicine | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 30, 2017 · Synced Jul 21, 2026
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