# Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Pressure Wounds

> **NCT00691821** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton** · enrollment: 184 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Skin Ulcer
- Pressure Ulcer

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Standard Dressings
- **DEVICE:** Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (Vacuum-Assisted Closure System [V.A.C.® Therapy™, KCI Medical Canada Inc., Mississauga, Ontario])

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00691821
- **Lead sponsor:** St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2009-04
- **Primary completion:** 2010-05
- **Final completion:** 2010-05
- **Target enrollment:** 184 (ESTIMATED)
- **Why stopped:** Patients not meeting inclusion criteria, therefore recruitment rate low, terminated due to the lack of feasibility to complete the study in a timely manner.
- **Last updated:** 2011-07-26

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00691821

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00691821, "Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Pressure Wounds". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-08-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00691821. Licensed CC0.

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