Status:
TERMINATED
Parafricta Bootees vs UK Standard Care to Prevent Heel Pressure Ulcers
Lead Sponsor:
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Collaborating Sponsors:
Welsh Wound Innovation Centre
Conditions:
Pressure Ulcer
Pressure Injury
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This randomised study will assess whether Parafricta bootees, when used in addition to normal standard care, can reduce the incidence of heel PUs in patients at very high risk of skin breakdown. The p...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The eligibility criteria for this study at the time of recruitment were:
- Adult of age 18 years or over
- Admitted to secondary care in an in-patient hospital (with no specified interval from admission to hospital to study recruitment)
- Bedbound or unable to walk independently and requiring assistance to transfer to a chair
- 'Very high' risk group for pressure ulceration (defined by a Waterlow Score of 20 or more)
- No existing heel pressure ulcers of EPUAP/NPUAP/PPPIA Category 1 or above or any other type of wound on the feet.
- Patient was not being treated with pressure offloading boots.
- Patient was not being treated with a heel cast.
Exclusion
- • Patients with a single or double lower limb amputation were not eligible to participate in the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 26 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 30 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
31 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04023981
Start Date
October 26 2017
End Date
April 30 2018
Last Update
July 18 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Cedar, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
Cardiff, United Kingdom, CF14 4UJ