Use of White Granulated Sugar on Wounds

Moses Murandu

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Infected Wounds

Treatments: Other: Granulated Sugar; Other: Debridement Dressing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01716273

RRK4106

Details and patient eligibility

About

How effective is sugar in reducing the debriding of sloughy, necrotic or infected exudating wounds compared with standard treatment?

Full description

Patients for whom all the following apply:

Have an exudating wound sizes 5cm2 and 40cm2 A minimum of 25% slough, infected and necrotic tissue No dry necrotic eschar present Ankle Brachial Pressure Index of greater than 0.6 Are over 18 years Independently and willingly consent

Enrollment: 108 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Exudating wound sizes 5cm2 and 40cm2
• A minimum of 25% slough, infected and necrotic tissue
• No dry necrotic eschar
• Ankle Brachial Pressure Index of greater than 0.6
• Age over 18 years
• Able to independently and willingly consent

Exclusion criteria

• Participants in a trial evaluating other therapies for their wound
• Have previously been in this trial
• Women who are pregnant
• Participants not able to tolerate daily dressing change

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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108 participants in 2 patient groups

Chronic & Acute infected wounds

Experimental group

Description:

Wound will be cleaned with normal saline or tap water and Granulated sugar will be applied directly to the wound and covered with an absorbent pad and held in place with a bandage and tape.

Treatment:

Other: Debridement Dressing

Other: Granulated Sugar

Chronic and Acute infected wounds

Active Comparator group

Description:

Wound will be cleaned with normal saline or tap water and an appropriate debridement dressing (Aquacel or Sorbsan) is applied to the wound and secured with a bandage and surgical tape.

Treatment:

Other: Debridement Dressing

Other: Granulated Sugar