Home › Abdominal Hernia › NCT04906408
The Effects of Post-Operative Interventions on Surgical Site Occurrences in AWR
RecruitingHealthy volunteers welcome
The Effects of Post-Operative Interventions on Surgical Site Occurrences in Abdominal Wall Reconstructions: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> 18 * Patients presenting for elective ventral hernia repair * Patients deemed to be good surgical candidates, with no active life-threatening cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, renal disease, hematologic disease -Patients who will have a closed incision following the surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Known allergy to any material used in any wound treatment (Prevena- Acrylic adhesive or silver, Prineo- Dermabond glue, Standard- Bacitracin, Xeroform, surgical tape) -Active smokers (within the past 4 weeks) presenting for elective hernia repair * Patients with active life-threatening cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, renal disease, hematologic disease presenting for elective ventral hernia repair * Patients presenting for emergent ventral hernia repair (in the setting of bowel strangulation, necrosis, penetrating trauma) as it will be difficult to consent those patients for the study preoperatively * Patients with severe systemic sepsis * Patients with frank purulence in the wound -Patients with an open wound following surgery -Patients undergoing a panniculectomy
About the study
Randomized controlled trial to compare SSO's in abdominal wall reconstruction patients using Prevena, Prineo, and traditional incisional dressings.
What is being tested
- Prevena (device)
- Prineo (device)
- Traditional (drug)
Sponsor: Ohio State University · Participants: 300 · Started: Sep 17, 2021
Contact the study team
- Jeffrey Janis, MD · Phone: 6143661242
- Benjamin Sarac, MD · Phone: 6143661242
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04906408
Locations in the U.S.
| Ohio | Department of Plastic Surgery, Columbus |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.