Testing a new chest dressing to prevent wound infections
Part of Infections, Skin clinical trials.
This trial looks at whether a different dressing placed on the chest incision during certain heart surgeries can lower the risk of surgical wound infections. If you are having a sternotomy (a cut through the breastbone), this could help keep your incision cleaner while you heal.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are scheduled for cardiac surgery using a sternotomy (a breastbone incision).
- Your surgery will involve one of these: heart valve surgery, CABG (bypass), aortic dissection repair, myectomy/myotomy, Cox MAZE, or un-roofing a myocardial bridge.
- You are not having a heart transplant.
- You are not using a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) before or during the study.
- After surgery, your course is not expected to be complicated by things like tamponade, needing a return to the operating room (take-back), or having an open chest incision.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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