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A Open Study to Evaluate the Performance of Dressing on Subject With High Risk of Skin Breakdown

An observational study in Critical Illness, sponsored by Molnlycke Health Care AB. Completed at 1 site in Sweden. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-05-09.

Sponsored by Molnlycke Health Care AB · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
24
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The rational for the study is to add a thin self-adherent dressing on critically ill patients. Evaluate if the dressing might protect the skin for further breakdown.Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 5 days.

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Conditions studied

  • Critical Illness

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In context

Critical Illness

1,881 studies on the registry are indexed under Critical Illness; 462 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 24 is below the median of 130 across 867 observational studies indexed under Critical Illness.

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Lead sponsor

Molnlycke Health Care AB is the lead sponsor of 58 studies on the registry; 7 are open to participants now.

Of its 8 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 3 (38%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Critically ill patients at ICU.

Inclusion criteria

  • Provision of written informed consent
  • Braden total score ≤ 12 at enrolment
  • Male or female, ≥ 18 at enrolment
  • No skin- breakdown
  • Subject or family member is able to understand and comply with the requirements of the study, judged by the investigator

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Risk area dosen´t fit the dressing size
  • Documented skin disease
  • Kown allergy to any of the components in the dressing
  • Previous enroled in present study
  • Subject included in other ongoing clinical investigation
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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
24 participants (actual)
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Erythema (No/Yes)

    Measure number of skin breakdown during from enrolment to termination.

    Time frame: During 5 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Experience of Use of the Dressing

    Overall experience of use of the dressing rated on a scale from Very Poor, Poor, Good, Very Good, Excellent

    Time frame: During 5 days

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Results

Posted May 9, 2016

Participant flow

The recruitment period was from 17 May 2011 - 29 June 2011. The study was conducted at four intensive care units in Sweden.

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneWindow
Started24
Completed21
Not completed3
Withdrew: Discharge from the hospital2
Withdrew: Protocol violation1

Outcome measures

PrimaryErythema (No/Yes)

Measure number of skin breakdown during from enrolment to termination.

Time frame:
During 5 days
Reported as:
Number · participants
Erythema (No/Yes)
participantsWindow
No21
Yes3
SecondaryOverall Experience of Use of the Dressing

Overall experience of use of the dressing rated on a scale from Very Poor, Poor, Good, Very Good, Excellent

Time frame:
During 5 days
Reported as:
Number · participants
Overall Experience of Use of the Dressing
participantsWindow
Very poor1
Poor3
Good10
Very good9
Excellent1

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse Event were collected from enrollment to termination ( 5 days). Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Window—1/24 (4.2%)7/24 (29.2%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventWindow
DeathVascular disorders1/24
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventWindow
Pressure UlcerSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders4/24
Brady cardiaCardiac disorders1/24
PneumoniRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders1/24
Tachy CardiaCardiac disorders1/24
Arterial FlutterCardiac disorders1/24
Thromboflebitis in right armInfections and infestations1/24
BronchospasmRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders1/24
Respiratory failureRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders1/24

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Window
Mean62.1 ± 17.1
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Window
Female9
Male15
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Window
Sweden24
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Study locations

1 site
  • Dermatology Department
    Gothenburg, Sweden
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 9, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01354899
Lead sponsor
Molnlycke Health Care AB
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 17, 2011
Start date
May 2011
Primary completion
Jun 2011
Completion
Jun 2011
Results posted
May 9, 2016
Last update
May 9, 2016

Study contacts

Jan Faergemann, Professor
principal investigator · Dermatology Department Sahlgrenska University Gothenburg

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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