Comparison of Two New Generation Dressings in Intensive Care (ADVANCED)

Grenoble Alpes University Hospital Center (CHU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Complication of Catheter

Treatments: Device: 3M™ IV Advanced Securement dressing; Device: Current hospital dressing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01773564

12SC03

2012-A00734-39 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Intravascular devices in intensive care units are often associated to complications. The investigators estimate that 23.5% of catheters placed and used in intensive care are subject to at least one complication; the investigators goal is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the new Tegaderm ™ IV Advanced dressings to achieve a decrease of 35% in the number of complications associated with intravascular catheters in intensive care.

Full description

randomized controlled trial of 2 intravascular dressings in Intensive care unit

Enrollment: 628 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients over 18 years with a central venous catheter, an arterial catheter, a hemodialysis catheter, a Swan Ganz catheter or a peripheral catheter inserted in the ICU or within the 24 before their arrival at the ICU in another ICU setting.
• Patients benefiting from the social security protection.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients under 18 years of age,
• Patients having known allergy or sensitivity to adhesive dressing materials

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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628 participants in 2 patient groups

Available current hospital dressing

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control group: depending on the type of dressing available at the hospital, either 3M™ HP Dressing or Smith & Nephew IV3000 ™

Treatment:

Device: Current hospital dressing

3M™ IV Advanced Securement dressing

Experimental group

Description:

New generation transparent dressing

Treatment:

Device: 3M™ IV Advanced Securement dressing