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Source
Health condition
EVLT, compressive stockings, varicosis, varicose veins.
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Quality of life, as measured with AVVQ and VCCS.
Secondary outcome
Painscore and complications, measured using a visual assisted painscore and physical examination.
Background summary
Varicose veins may cause complaints of pain, tiredness of the legs, cosmetic complaints, iching or muscle cramp in calf or feet. EndoVenous Laser Therapy (EVLT) is the treatment of choice in our hospital for insufficiency of the greater saphenous vein (GSV) where thermic ablation of the vein is effectuated under local anesthesia. After the EVLT patients nowadays arre proscribed compressive stockings for a period of time, that differs in every clinic and with every clinician. However, the need to wear these compressive stockings after EVLT has never been proven. Therefore we want to conduct a prospective randomised clinical trial, at which the the study group will not be wearing compressive stockings. The primary objective of this prospective randomised clinical trial will be quality of life, as to be measured using the Dutch Translated AVVQ. Secundary objectives will be quality of life, painscore and complications, measured using the VCSS, a visual assisted painscore and physical examination. Furthermore wil will examin the effectivity of our treatment of these varicose veins using duplex-ultrasound. After power analysis we will include 300 patients. These patients will all be treated for insufficiency of the GSV. After randomisation the studygroup will not be wearing compressive stockings, whereas the control group will be wearing compressive stockings for 2 weeks after the treatment. The follow-up is going to be one year.
Study objective
Nowadays after every venous treatment some form of compressive treatment is prescribed. Its use has been proven for surgical interventions, but is unclear for EVLT. Patients often think of wearing of these stockings as a burden.Therefore we will conduct a randomised clinical trial to define the use of wearing compressive stockings after EVLT.
Study design
T0= Outpatient clinic visit;
T1= Treatment;
T2= 2 weeks after treatment;
T3= 4-6 weeks after treatment;
T4= 1 year after treatment.
Intervention
After randomisation the studygroup will not be wearing compressive stockings, whereas the control group will be wearing compressive stockings for 2 weeks after the treatment.
Inclusion criteria
Venous insufficiency Greater Saphenous Vein (GSV), to be treated using EVLT
Exclusion criteria
1. Chronic venous insufficiency;
2. Already wearing compressive stockings;
3. Periferal arterial disease;
4. Previous treatment GSV;
5. Age < 18 yrs;
6. Insufficient understanding dutch language.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL2610 |
| NTR-old | NTR2738 |
| Other | CCMO : 32137 |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN wordt niet meer aangevraagd. |