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Endovenous Ablation Combined With Fat Grafting for Venous Ulcers

Ireland20 participantsStarted 2022-02

Plain-language summary

The aim of this trial is to determine if fat grafting may have applicability to venous ulcers by comparing healing and recurrence rates in patients who receive combined fat grafting and endovenous ablation with patients who receive endovenous ablation only

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Aged 18 years or more. * Able to provide written informed consent. * Chronic venous ulcers (C6 on CEAP classification). * Superficial venous disease diagnosed on venous duplex. * Ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI) of 0.8 or more. Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of deep venous occlusion * Infected ulcers * Malignancy or immune-suppression * Malnutrition * Multi-organ failure * Pregnancy

What they're measuring

Time to ulcer healing

Timeframe: 12 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05241704

SponsorNational University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2023-07

Contact for this trial

Mohamed Elsharkawi

+353873989378 dr_easterny@hotmail.com

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