WOUNDCHEK Bacterial Status Benefits Evaluation

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Clinical and Economic Effectiveness of Testing Chronic Wounds for BPA (bacterial protease activity) using WOUNDCHEK™ Bacterial Status: A Pragmatic Randomised Clinical trial

• IRAS ID

  232299

• Contact name

  Deborah Baines

• Contact email

  deborahbaines@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Woundchek Laboratories

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  NCT03678636

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  This study aims to determine whether the use of the Woundchek Bacterial Status test to inform future management in patients diagnosed with chronic ulcers which fail to heal, or which start to heal but the healing process then stalls with usual care, will improve healing rates. Its use in testing for bacterial protease and then managing appropriately could improve the health of patients and the use of resources as avoidance of unnecessary treatments,
  less nursing time, fewer clinic visits for the patient and shorter overall treatment duration. There are currently no other comparative studies have been conducted so new knowledge could be gained.

• REC name

  HSC REC A

• REC reference

  18/NI/0070

• Date of REC Opinion

  22 May 2018

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion