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Frear CC, Griffin B, Cuttle L, McPhail SM, Kimble R. Study of negative pressure wound therapy as an adjunct treatment for acute burns in children (SONATA in C): protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 2019; 20:130. [PMID: 30760332 PMCID: PMC6374905 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3223-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Although negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is widely used in the management of several wound types, its efficacy as a primary therapy for acute burns has not yet been adequately investigated, with research in the paediatric population particularly lacking. There is limited evidence, however, that NPWT might benefit children with burns, amongst whom scar formation, wound progression and pain continue to present major management challenges. The purpose of this trial is to determine whether NPWT in conjunction with standard therapy accelerates healing, reduces wound progression and decreases pain more effectively than standard treatment alone. METHODS/DESIGN A total of 104 children will be recruited for this trial. To be eligible, candidates must be under 17 years of age and present to the participating children's hospital within 7 days of their injury with a thermal burn covering <5% of their total body surface area. Facial and trivial burns will be excluded. Following a randomised controlled parallel design, participants will be allocated to either an active control or intervention group. The former will receive standard therapy consisting of Acticoat™ and Mepitel™. The intervention arm will be treated with silver-impregnated dressings in addition to NPWT via the RENASYS TOUCH™ vacuum pump. Participants' dressings will be changed every 3 to 5 days until their wounds are fully re-epithelialised. Time to re-epithelialisation will be studied as the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes will include pain, pruritus, wound progression, health-care-resource use (and costs), ease of management, treatment satisfaction and adverse events. Wound fluid collected during NPWT will also be analysed to generate a proteomic profile of the burn microenvironment. DISCUSSION The study will be the first randomised controlled trial to explore the clinical effects of NPWT on paediatric burns, with the aim of determining whether the therapy warrants implementation as an adjunct to standard burns management. TRIAL REGISTRATION Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12618000256279 . Registered on 16 February 2018.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cody C Frear
- Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Level 7, Children's Health Research Center, The University of Queensland, 62 Graham St., South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. .,The Pegg Leditschke Children's Burns Centre, Queensland Children's Hospital, Lvl. 5, 501 Stanley St., South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia. .,The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, 288 Herston Rd., Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia.
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- Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Level 7, Children's Health Research Center, The University of Queensland, 62 Graham St., South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia.,The Pegg Leditschke Children's Burns Centre, Queensland Children's Hospital, Lvl. 5, 501 Stanley St., South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia.,The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, 288 Herston Rd., Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Lvl 8, Children's Health Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia
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- Centre for Functioning and Health Research, Metro South Health, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia.,School of Public Health & Social Work and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4059, Australia
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- Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research, Level 7, Children's Health Research Center, The University of Queensland, 62 Graham St., South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia.,The Pegg Leditschke Children's Burns Centre, Queensland Children's Hospital, Lvl. 5, 501 Stanley St., South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia.,The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, 288 Herston Rd., Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia
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