NCT03891004

Skin Closure With Tissue Adhesives vs. Subcuticular Suture After Robotic Urogynecologic Procedures

Completed NA Last updated 4 April 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Subcuticular Skin Closure in Surgical Wound in 47 participants. Completed in 31 December 2018.

Timeline

20 March 2018

Primary endpoint
31 December 2018

31 December 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	St. John Hospital & Medical Center
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	47
Start date	20 March 2018
Primary completion	31 December 2018
Estimated completion	31 December 2018
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Subcuticular Skin Closure
• Tissue Adhesives

Conditions studied

• Surgical Wound — all drugs for Surgical Wound →
• Tissue Adhesion — all drugs for Tissue Adhesion →

Sponsor

St. John Hospital & Medical Center

Who can join

Adults 18 to 99, female only, with Surgical Wound or Tissue Adhesion. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

To compare skin closure via subcuticular suture versus tissue adhesive (Dermabond) in urogynecological robotic surgeries. The primary outcome is incision cosmesis at the 12 week follow up visit. Secondary outcome is the operative time between the two methods of closure.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Randomized clinical trial comparing skin closure with tissue adhesives <i>vs</i> subcuticular suture after robotic urogynecologic procedures.
   Fluellen S, Mackey K, Hagglund K, Aslam MF. · · 2020 · cited 4× · PMID 33194565 · DOI 10.5662/wjm.v10.i1.1