Best Method of Burn Wound Care: A Prospective Randomized Trial

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Burns

Treatments: Procedure: Closed method; Procedure: Open method

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01750034

12-2288

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to better understand how to best care for burn wounds.

Full description

Participants: Patients presenting to Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe Malawi with burn wounds occuring within 72 hours of admission.

Procedures (methods): This is a prospective randomized trial. Subjects will be randomized during admission to receive either open dressing care or closed dressing care of their burn wounds.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Burn wound admitted to the hospital
• Signed informed consent
• Burn wound occuring within 72 hours of admission

Exclusion criteria

• Language other than Chichewa or English
• Inability to access of phone (required for follow-up)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Closed method

Active Comparator group

Description:

Burn patients randomized to closed method of burn wound care.

Treatment:

Procedure: Closed method

Open method

Experimental group

Description:

Burn patients randomized to the open method of burn wound care.

Treatment:

Procedure: Open method