Status:

COMPLETED

A Study of Two Types of Absorbable Surgical Sutures in the Suturing of Thyroid Surgery Incision

Lead Sponsor:

Ethicon, Inc.

Conditions:

Sutures

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-69 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of two types of absorbable surgical sutures -- STRATAFIX Spiral PDS Knotless Plus Tissue Control Device and STRATAFIX Spiral ...

Detailed Description

This study adopts a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled design. The study population are subjects who undergo thyroid surgery. Before the surgery, subjects are randomized in 1:1:1 ratio t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The subject is ≥18, and \<70 years old
  • Planned open thyroid surgery, adopting an anterior cervical curved incision (Kocher's incision);
  • Subject who volunteers to participate in this study, follows the study requirements and follow-up visit and signs the written Informed Consent Form voluntarily;
  • Subject who agrees to not schedule any elective surgical operation except the study surgery before the study is completed;
  • The investigator considers the subject's expected postoperative survival time is not less than 3 months.

Exclusion

  • Female subjects who are pregnant or lactation at screening;
  • Preoperative clinical staging shows stage IV thyroid cancer, or cervical lymph nodes dissection is planned;
  • Suspected or confirmed anaplastic thyroid cancer;
  • Peripheral vascular disease affecting blood supply of the neck;
  • Active infectious collagenosis (e.g. scleroderma), or any other disease that would interfere with wound healing;
  • Fasting plasma glucose ≥7.7 mmol/L;
  • History of coagulation diseases;
  • Current oral or intravenous antibiotic therapy for existing disease or infection;
  • History of immunosuppressant use (e.g. steroids) within the last 6 months;
  • Chemotherapy or radiotherapy within the last 6 months, or planned chemotherapy or radiotherapy during the study;
  • Personal or family history of keloid formation or hyperplasia;
  • Current participation in any other drug (within 30 days or within 5 half-lives of the investigational drug) or device clinical study;
  • History of any thyroid surgery, except thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy;
  • Planned use of skin adhesive at the incision site;
  • The subject is not suitable for participating in this study for any other reasons, as judged by the investigator.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 6 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

501 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03792737

Start Date

April 1 2019

End Date

January 6 2020

Last Update

April 5 2022

Active Locations (10)

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Fujian Medical University Union Hospital

Fuzhou, Fujian, China, 350001

2

Peking University Shenzhen Hospital

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 518035

3

The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

Zhengzhou, Henan, China, 450052

4

Union Hospital Tongji Medical college Huazhong University of science and technologyUnion Hospital Tongji Medical college Huazhong University of science and technology

Wuhan, Hubei, China, 430022