Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
942001 & 952001 & RBB 95XX2
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The aim of the project is to increase the healing rate of leg ulcers through the establishment of community clinics and the appropriate training of district nurses.
Project Aims:
1. To raise the profile of the care management of people with leg ulcers
2. To improve the cost effectiveness of the service
3. To introduce the concept of audit to the District Nursing service
4. To identify the education and training needs of the District Nursing Team
5. To improve the standard of patient care and health outcome in this client group
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
Cardiovascular diseases: Varicose veins/ulcers
Intervention
Not provided at time of registration
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/04/1994
Overall trial end date
31/03/1996
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/04/1994
Recruitment end date
31/03/1996
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Director of Nursing Research
Sheffield
S1 4DA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive Trent (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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
1998 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9582132
Publication citations
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Results
Morrell CJ, Walters SJ, Dixon S, Collins KA, Brereton LM, Peters J, Brooker CG, Cost effectiveness of community leg ulcer clinics: randomised controlled trial., BMJ, 1998, 316, 7143, 1487-1491.