# Vacuum Assisted Closure as a Treatment for Soft Tissue Injuries

> **NCT00582998** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Alabama at Birmingham** · enrollment: 249 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Fracture of Calcaneus, Pilon or Tibial Plateau

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Standard Wound Dressing
- **DEVICE:** Vacuum Assisted Closure Device

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00582998
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Alabama at Birmingham
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2001-06
- **Primary completion:** 2007-03
- **Final completion:** 2007-03
- **Target enrollment:** 249 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-07-25

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00582998

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00582998, "Vacuum Assisted Closure as a Treatment for Soft Tissue Injuries". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00582998. Licensed CC0.

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