An interventional study of Absorbable and Non absorbable in Wounds and Injuries, sponsored by Pediatric Clinical Research Platform. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 1 Day to 16 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-07-04.
Sponsored by Pediatric Clinical Research Platform · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The investigators recruit patients admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Geneva's University Hospital with open wounds needing suture. The patients are treated with absorbable versus non-absorbable suture material according to randomization.
Outcomes are:
The investigators recruit patients admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Geneva's University Hospital with open wounds needing suture. The patients are treated with absorbable versus non-absorbable suture material according to randomization.
After obtaining the patient's/parent's consent and randomization, the suture material will be provided.
Selection of the size of the thread and the date of the first follow-up are determined as follows:
The patients are examined by in the outpatient wound clinic by specialised nurses under medical supervision at the first follow-up, and at six months by one of the investigators.
Outcomes:
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This study's enrollment of 550 is above the median of 52 across 3,239 interventional studies indexed under Wounds and Injuries.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Suture material: Polyglactin 910 thread (Vicryl Rapide®, Ethicon Inc).
Device: Absorbable
Suture material: Polypropylene thread (Prolene®, Ethicon Inc).
Device: Non absorbable
Wound suture by a resident physician. Two follow-up appointments (first at 4 to 21 days after the suture, according to the sutured site as defined by protocol, second at 6 months) Standardized photography of the wound before the suture and at the two subsequent follow-ups. Evaluation of the scar with a standardised form by a specialised nurse under medical supervision at the first follow-up and by a panel of investigators at 6 months using the pictures taken at the follow-up appointments.
Wound suture by a resident physician. Two follow-up appointments (first at 4 to 21 days after the suture, according to the sutured site as defined by protocol, second at 6 months) Standardized photography of the wound before the suture and at the two subsequent follow-ups. Evaluation of the scar with a standardised form by a specialised nurse under medical supervision at the first follow-up and by a panel of investigators at 6 months using the pictures taken at the follow-up appointments.
Short-term infection risk
Scars classified as "no evidence of infection", "signs of inflammation" and "signs of active infection"
Time frame: 4 to 21 days
Scar appearance
Scoring based on the Manchester scar scale
Time frame: 6 months
Plan to share: No
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