# A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Sutures vs Staples for High Tension Closures

> **NCT06638736** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **University of Kansas Medical Center**

## Conditions studied

- Surgery
- Skin Cancer
- Suture; Complications, Infection or Inflammation

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Wound Closure with sutures vs staples

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06638736
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Kansas Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2020-07
- **Primary completion:** 2021-06
- **Final completion:** 2024-10-10
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Administrative withdrawal, study was never approved by IRB
- **Last updated:** 2024-10-15


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06638736

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06638736, "A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Sutures vs Staples for High Tension Closures". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06638736. Licensed CC0.

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