# Study to Determine the Utility of Wound Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC) Compared to Conventional Saline Dressing Changes

> **NCT00121537** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio** · enrollment: 30 (—)

## Conditions studied

- Wounds
- Compartment Syndromes

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Wound Care -Wound Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC)
- **PROCEDURE:** Wound Care - Wet to Dry Dressing Changes

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00121537
- **Lead sponsor:** The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2005-07
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2006-10
- **Target enrollment:** 30 (—)
- **Why stopped:** terminated, due to lack enrollment,
- **Last updated:** 2015-10-08


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00121537

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00121537, "Study to Determine the Utility of Wound Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC) Compared to Conventional Saline Dressing Changes". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00121537. Licensed CC0.

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