U.S., April 17 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07535164) titled 'Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as Adjunctive Treatment for Fracture-Related Infection' on March 20.
Brief Summary: A fracture-related infection (FRI) is a difficult to treat condition in which a bone fracture and surrounding tissues are infected. This results in impaired healing and ongoing symptoms such as pain, wound leakage and swelling, which affects patients' functioning and quality of life. Despite adequate treatment in the form of extensive surgical debridement and long-term antibiotics, it is hard to obtain infection eradication.
This pilot, non-blinded, randomized controlled trial (RCT) will assess the feasibility of a subsequ...