# Evaluation of Dermal Closure With an Absorbable Barbed Suture as Compared to a Conventional Absorbable Suture

> **NCT00959374** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Medtronic - MITG** · enrollment: 229 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Breast Ptosis
- Obesity

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** V-Loc 180/90 Wound Closure Device
- **DEVICE:** 3-0 Monocryl Absorbable Sutures

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00959374
- **Lead sponsor:** Medtronic - MITG
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2009-08
- **Primary completion:** 2011-05
- **Final completion:** 2012-02
- **Target enrollment:** 229 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-04-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00959374

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00959374, "Evaluation of Dermal Closure With an Absorbable Barbed Suture as Compared to a Conventional Absorbable Suture". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00959374. Licensed CC0.

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