Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Mr Aamer Ullah
ORCID ID
Contact details
University Hospitals of Leicester
c/o Research and Development Office
Leicester General Hospital NHS Trust
Leicester
LE1 4PW
United Kingdom
+44 (0)116 258 4109
nicola.turner@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0123137985
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To see if skin grafting will reduce the incidence of recurrence in the surgical treatment of Dupuytren's contracture when compared to fasciectomy and skin closure.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Musculoskeletal Diseases: Dupuytren's disease
Intervention
Determine recurrence rates in operated Dupuytren Patients undergoing fasciectomy or full thickness skin grafts
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Recurrence rate and severity
2. Differences in patient satisfaction
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/09/2000
Overall trial end date
01/09/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Selected from outpatients clinics in Orthopaedic unit
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Added 17/12/09: 79 patients
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/09/2000
Recruitment end date
01/09/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University Hospitals of Leicester
Leicester
LE1 4PW
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Not defined
Funder name
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19258615
Publication citations
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Results
Ullah AS, Dias JJ, Bhowal B, Does a 'firebreak' full-thickness skin graft prevent recurrence after surgery for Dupuytren's contracture?: a prospective, randomised trial., J Bone Joint Surg Br, 2009, 91, 3, 374-378, doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B3.21054.