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Prevena Incision Management

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NHS Foundation Trust

Status

Completed

Conditions

Coronary Bypass Graft Stenosis
Complication of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Arrest; Cardiac, Complicating Surgery
Cardiac Event

Treatments

Device: Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery grafts
Device: Prevena

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
Industry

Identifiers

NCT02814084
STH18497

Details and patient eligibility

About

The question this research project wants to explore is whether using the Prevena Incision Management System (Prevena) will improve sternal wound edge oxygenation in patients undergoing Coronary Artery bypass surgery with Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery grafts.

Full description

Coronary artery bypass is the gold standard surgical treatment of patients with complex coronary disease. It is a common operation and more than 16000 procedures per year are carried out in the UK. Recent publications suggest that during the bypass procedure both left and right internal mammary arteries should be used to bypass coronary stenoses. It was noted that using both internal mammary arteries will result in even better long term survival with improved freedom from cardiac events such as myocardial infarction or further coronary intervention than using. The major drawback of using both internal mammary arteries is the increased risk of sternal wound infection and breakdown. The investigators will use Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy (NIRS) to assess the wound edge oxygenation delivery. The NIRS INVOS system the investigators use within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals can measure oxygenation of soft tissue to a certain depth making it suitable for the assessment of wound edge oxygen delivery. Prevena is commercially available and has a CE mark.

The Prevena wound management system differs from conventional wound dressings, it applies negative pressure to the closed wound for 7 days. Wound complications/infections are decreased when this type of wound management system is used. Studies suggest that Prevena achieves these outcomes because of an increase of perfusion in the wound edges and keeping the wound dry. Patients will be randomised to either the Prevena wound management or their standard of care NHS wound management for their procedure. The oxygenation and outcomes of the wounds will be compared through data collection and the patients followed up during their routine inpatient care and 6 week outpatient appointment.

Enrollment

80 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Eligible patients are those who require isolated coronary artery bypass surgery, who need at least 2 bypass grafts, and who are deemed suitable by the operating surgeon to have both right and left internal mammary arteries harvested as conduits

Exclusion criteria

  • Require additional procedures in addition to the coronary bypass or need for internal mammary artery harvest for feasibility study
  • Who are deemed by the operating surgeon as unsuitable for bilateral internal mammary artery harvest because of
  • Age (75 or older where prognostic benefit of using both internal mammary arteries has been questioned),
  • Obesity with a BMI which is higher than 35 (increased risks of wound infection)
  • Diabetes (of any type) (increased risks of infection.)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

80 participants in 2 patient groups

Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery grafts
Active Comparator group
Description:
Standard care wound dressings used as part of coronary artery bypass graft operation
Treatment:
Device: Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery grafts
Prevena
Experimental group
Description:
Prevena dressing used as part of coronary artery bypass graft operation.
Treatment:
Device: Prevena

Trial contacts and locations

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