Evaluation of a Switchable Acrylic Adhesive Drape for Safer Removal in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Applications.

Conditions

• Clinician Acceptability of New NPWT Drape
• Frequency and Type of Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury
• NPWT Drape Seal Effectiveness Rate (or Leak Incidence Rate)
• Pain Assessment During Medical Adhesive Drape Removal
• Patient Drop-out Rate From Prescribed NPWT Treatment

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Comfort Release® NPWT drape — DEVICE
  Comfort Release® NPWT drape- painless and trauma-free removal, as compared to the control NPWT drape.

Study Details

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is widely used for chronic and acute wounds, severe burns, and post-operative care. Despite its benefits, the strong adhesive required to maintain an airtight seal increases the risk of medical adhesive-related skin injuries (MARSI), pain, and discomfort during removal. Global Biomedical Technologies (GBT) aims to develop an NPWT drape with "switchable adhesive" technology to enhance removal while maintaining an effective seal. This innovation is expected to benefit both single-use and serial-use NPWT applications by reducing MARSI and improving patient comfort. This project will compare the functionality and acceptability of Comfort Release® NPWT drapes with the industry-standard V.A.C. drape (KCI Technologies, Inc.), or other facility standard drape, in a non-blinded randomized controlled trial. Specific Aims Aim 1: Compare Comfort Release® drapes with V.A.C. drapes in single-use NPWT applications in post-surgical patients (n=200) at Columbia University Medical Center, Weill Cornell Medical Center, and Absolute Medical Center. Milestones: Demonstrate statistically significant (α=0.05) improvement over V.A.C. drapes in: Reduction of MARSI (Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury scoring system) Decreased pain (Indiana Polyclinic Combined Pain Scale) Reduced need for pain/anxiety medication Equivalent or improved seal effectiveness (leak incidence rate) Clinician acceptability Reduced nursing time by ≥20% Economic value through time and cost savings Aim 2: Compare Comfort Release® drapes with V.A.C. drapes in serial-use NPWT applications in chronic wound patients (n=100) at Weill Cornell Medical Center, Vital Medical Research, and All South Bay Footcare. Patients will undergo approximately three NPWT drape changes per week. Milestones: Demonstrate statistically significant (α=0.05) improvement over V.A.C./or standard drapes in: Reduction of MARSI Decreased pain (Indiana Polyclinic Combined Pain Scale) Improved compliance with treatment duration Reduced need for pain/anxiety medication Equivalent or better seal effectiveness Clinician acceptability (questionnaire score \>4) Reduced nursing time by ≥20% Economic value through time and cost savings At each dressing change and at final removal, qualitative data from clinicians will be collected to assess the acceptability and usability of Comfort Release® NPWT drapes.

Key Dates

Start date

Feb 10, 2025

Status verified

May 2026

Primary completion

Aug 31, 2026

Completion

Sep 15, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

300 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Arms

• Active Comparator: Single use post surgical NPWT drape application
  Aim 1 description: A comparison of the performance of Comfort Release® drapes with V.A.C. drapes in single-use NPWT applications in a randomized controlled trial. Post-surgical patients (n=200) with a prescribed treatment of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) will be enrolled at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital under co-Principal Investigator Dr. Jarrod Bogue, and Absolute Medical Center under PI: Daniel Careage, MD, for single-use NPWT. Patients will be randomized to a single-use control (V.A.C. drape) or intervention (Comfort Release® drape). All other components of the NPWT device, including but not limited to the pump, tubing, foam, or dressing insert, will be identical. Randomize patients- 1/2 of the patients to receive the KCI drape and 1/2 to receive the intervention - Comfort Release drape. The intervention is a change in a component in the NPWT treatment kit.
• Active Comparator: Multi-use chronic wound NPWT drape application
  Aim 2: A comparison of the performance of Comfort Release® drapes with V.A.C. drapes in serial-use NPWT applications in a randomized controlled trial. Chronic wound patients (n=100) with prescribed NPWT will be enrolled at Weill Cornell Medical Center under Principal Investigator Dr. Robert Winchell, Vital Medical Research under Deeza Frankel, DPM, and All South Bay Footcare under Albert A. Elhiani, DPM. All patients will undergo 3 NPWT drape changes per week. Patients will be randomized to control (V.A.C. or standard drape) or intervention (Comfort Release® drape) for the duration of their study enrollment. All other components of the NPWT device, including but not limited to the pump, tubing, foam, or dressing insert, will be identical. Randomize patients- 1/2 of the patients to receive KCI or standard drape, and 1/2 to receive the intervention- Comfort Release drape. The intervention is a change in a component of the NPWT treatment kit.

Primary Outcome Measure

Incidence of Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury (MARSI). [ Time Frame: From the first drape removal to the end of treatment- 1 to 8 weeks. ]

Central Contacts

• Howard S Rosing, Sponsor, MD, PhD
  239-330-5646
  [email protected]
• Denise L Anderson, Director of Clinical Operations & Communications, RN, WCC
  833-726-9269
  [email protected]

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