Cinnamon power: new dressing fights wound smell
NCT ID NCT05685628
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a special dressing made with cinnamon to reduce bad smells from chronic or infected wounds. About 98 adults with smelly wounds will try the dressing for 14 days. The goal is to see if it improves their quality of life by cutting down on odor discomfort.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 98 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient \>18 years of age with a smelly wound (discomfort \> 4/10 expressed by the patient); * Predictive wound healing \>14 days (clinical judgement); * Patient benefiting from a social security scheme (AME excluded) * Patient, and curator if applicable, informed and having signed the consent form for participation in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Patient who has received a secondary charcoal or cinnamon dressing within the last 48 hours * Patient with pressure ulcer stage 1 or 2 * Patient treated by metronidazole or antimicrobial for \< 3 days; * Patient who cannot communicate his feelings; * Anosmic patient; * Patient with cinnamon allergy; * Persons deprived of their liberty or under guardianship; * Inability to submit to the medical follow-up of the trial for geographical, social, psychological or cognitive reasons.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospitalisation à Domicile AP-HP
RECRUITINGParis, 75 005, France
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Hospitalisation à domicile Fondation Santé Service
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLevallois-Perret, 92 300, France
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Hospitalisation à domicile de la région de Melun
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGVaux-le-Pénil, France, 77 000, France
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Hôpital Henri Mondor
RECRUITINGCréteil, 94 000, France
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Hôpital Henri Mondor
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCréteil, 94 000, France
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Hôpital Sainte Périne
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGParis, 75 016, France
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Institut Curie
RECRUITINGParis, 75 005, France