Trial of PICO Versus Standard Care in Chronic and Sub-acute Wounds

Smith & Nephew

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Wounds

Treatments

Device: PICO (single use portable negative pressure wound therapy)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

Identifiers

NCT02458859

CE/044/PIC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomised Controlled Trial of PICO (a portable Negative Pressure Wound Therapy) versus standard care in patients with chronic and sub-acute wounds. Sample size 100 patients to investigate Time to healing, health economic and patient reported outcomes.

Full description

The current study is being conducted to assess the clinical and cost effectiveness of managing patients with a chronic or sub-acute wound in a community setting with PICO and to explore the patient experience and issues of concordance that affect patients treated with PICO. The study will provide information on the level of clinical benefit that PICO can deliver in the population studied in order to justify a sample size for a definitive evaluation of PICO and the study will further assess wound types that may benefit from treatment with PICO.

Enrollment

62 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients >18 years old
Males and females. If female, they must not be pregnant or lactating. If female and of reproductive age, a pregnancy test will be provided.
The patient or their legal representative (if the patient is incapable of giving legal consent), is able to understand the trial and is willing to consent to the trial.
Patients with sub-acute or chronic wounds (diabetic foot ulcer, pressure ulcer, venous leg ulcer, or other chronic) suitable for treatment with a PICO dressing.
Wound duration ≤52 weeks - Amended to remove criteria.
Wound area range ≥5 cm2 at start of screening period
Wound maximum linear dimension ≤ 15cm
Able to use English for the interview

Exclusion criteria

Patients with known allergies to product components (silicone adhesives and polyurethane films (direct contact with wound), acrylic adhesives (direct contact with skin), polyethylene fabrics and super-absorbent powders (polyacrylates) (within the dressing).
Wounds which have an infection which is not being treated with systemic antibiotics.
Wounds which are actively bleeding.
Exposure of blood vessels, organs, bone or tendon at the base of the reference wound
Exclude undermining or tunnelling present or suspected in the wound
Use of negative pressure device on wound in the last 30 days. Amended to remove criteria
Malignant wounds/malignancy in the wound
Systemic infection not being treated with systemic antibiotics
Simultaneous treatment with other experimental wound care procedures, biologics or devices
Patients with a known history of poor compliance with medical treatment.
Patients who have participated in this trial previously and who closed or were withdrawn.
Patients who are unable to understand the aims and objectives of the trial.