Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy Versus Standard of Care Surgical Dressing in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty (PROMISES)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03274466 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : September 7, 2017
Results First Posted : February 10, 2021
Last Update Posted : February 10, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Surgical Wound Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Wounds and Injuries Joint Disease Musculoskeletal Disease Prosthesis-Related Infections Infection Postoperative Complications Pathologic Processes | Device: Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy (ciNPT) Device: Standard of Care Dressing | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 294 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Post-market, Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter, Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy Versus Standard of Care Dressings in Reducing Surgical Site Complications in Subjects With Revision of a Failed Total Knee Arthroplasty (PROMISES) |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 5, 2017 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 27, 2019 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 19, 2019 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy (ciNPT)
Prevena Peel & Place or Prevena Plus Customizable Dressing and ActiVAC Therapy Unit or Prevena Plus Therapy Unit
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Device: Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy (ciNPT)
Closed Incision Negative Pressure Therapy applied through a foam bolster with a wicking interface fabric that includes 0.019% ionic silver at 125 mmHg of negative pressure for 5-7 days.
Other Names:
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Active Comparator: Standard of Care Dressing
Silver impregnated dressing
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Device: Standard of Care Dressing
A standard silver-impregnated dressing applied to a closed surgical incision for 5-7 days post-operatively.
Other Name: Silver-impregnated dressing, Aquacel Ag Surgical or other equivalent |
- Number of Participants With Surgical Site Complications (SSC) [ Time Frame: within 90 days after TKA revision ]
The subject incidence of Investigator-assessed surgical site complications (SSCs) within 90 days of TKA revision. SSCs include any of the following:
- Superficial Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
- Deep SSI
- Full thickness skin dehiscence
- Seroma or hematoma requiring drainage or surgery
- Skin necrosis
- Continued drainage at the time of dressing removal
- Number of Participants With Surgical Site Infection (SSI) (Superficial or Deep) [ Time Frame: 90 days after TKA revision ]90 day subject incidence of any SSI (superficial or deep)
- Number of Participants With Deep Surgical Site Infection [ Time Frame: 90 days after TKA revision ]90 day subject incidence of deep surgical site infection
- Number of Participants With Surgical Site Complication (SSC) [ Time Frame: within 90 days after TKA revision ]
The subject incidence of Investigator-assessed surgical site complications (SSCs) within 90 days of TKA revision. SSCs include any of the the following:
- Superficial Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
- Deep SSI
- Full thickness skin dehiscence
- Seroma or hematoma requiring drainage or surgery

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 22 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Pre-operative Inclusion Criteria:
The subject:
- is at least 22 years of age on the date of informed consent
- is able to provide their own informed consent
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requires a TKA revision defined as one of the following:
- a one-stage aseptic revision procedure
- a one-stage septic exchange procedure (requiring removal of all hardware) for acute postoperative infection
- removal of cement spacer and re-implantation procedure
- open reduction and internal fixation of peri-prosthetic fractures
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has one or more of the following:
- a body mass index (BMI) greater than 35 kg/m2
- a requirement for the use of blood thinners other than acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) after surgery
- history of or current peripheral vascular disease
- the presence of lymphedema in the operative limb
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- current tobacco use or previous history of smoking and quitting within the past 30 days
- a history of prior infection of the operative site
- current use of immunomodulators or steroids
- current or history of cancer or hematological malignancy (excluding localized skin cancer)
- rheumatoid arthritis
- current renal failure or dialysis
- malnutrition as determined by the investigator
- liver disease as determined by the investigator
- status post solid organ transplant
- HIV
- is willing and able to return for all scheduled study visits
- if female, has a negative urine or serum pregnancy test at screening and day of revision surgery. Women who have had surgical sterilization by a medically accepted method such as tubal ligation, hysterectomy, or oophorectomy or are post-menopausal, defined as not having menstruation for >= 12 months will be excluded from requiring this test.
Intra-operative Inclusion Criteria:
The subject:
- continues to meet all pre-operative inclusion criteria
- has undergone a TKA revision resulting in a closed surgical incision
Pre-operative Exclusion Criteria:
The subject:
- is pregnant or lactating
- will undergo a bilateral TKA within the same operative visit
- will undergo a bilateral TKA in which the first TKA surgery is on the knee selected for study
- will undergo a staged bilateral TKA in which the TKA revision surgery for the knee under study occurs within 30 days of the first TKA procedure
- was previously randomized in this protocol
- has a systemic active infection at the time of revision not including chronic viral infections such as HIV or hepatitis
- has a remote-site skin infection at the time of revision
- was tattooed on the area of the incision within 30 days prior to randomization
- has known sensitivity to the study product components (drape and/or dressing materials in direct contact with the closed incision or skin)
- has known sensitivity to silver
- is currently enrolled in another investigational trial that requires additional interventions
- is planned to be enrolled in another investigational trial that requires additional interventions at any time during the study
- has localized skin cancer around the incision site
Intra-operative Exclusion Criteria:
The subject:
- is found to meet any of the pre-operative exclusion criteria
- has a surgical incision that precludes placement of dressing
- has a TKA revision resulting in a muscle flap
- has a TKA revision resulting in the placement of a spacer
- has an incision drainage and debridement procedure only
- has a surgical incision closed with skin glue

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03274466

Principal Investigator: | Carlos Higuera, MD | The Cleveland Clinic |
Documents provided by KCI USA, Inc.:
Responsible Party: | KCI USA, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03274466 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
KCI.PREVENA.2017.01 |
First Posted: | September 7, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | February 10, 2021 |
Last Update Posted: | February 10, 2021 |
Last Verified: | January 2021 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | Yes |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Infection Communicable Diseases Prosthesis-Related Infections Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Postoperative Complications |
Pathologic Processes Wounds and Injuries Surgical Wound Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Laxatives Gastrointestinal Agents |