VA MERIT: A Comparative Efficacy Study: Treatment of Non-Healing Diabetic

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Diabetic Foot Ulcer

In brief

The primary objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of cellular dermal replacement tissue vs. non-viable extracellular matrix (ECM) for the treatment of non-healing diabetic foot ulcers. Our hypothesis is that these devices are of equal efficacy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01450943

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

120

Starts

2011-10-01

Expected to finish

2018-04-04

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• (Answering NO will exclude patient):
• An Institutional Review Board (IRB) Informed Consent Form signed and dated prior to any study-related activities.
• The area of the study ulcer after debridement is between 1 cm2 and 25 cm2 at Visit 3/Week 0.
• Subjects between 18 and 85 years of age.
• Subject's highest Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI) / Ankle-Arm Index (AAI) is greater than or equal to 0.80 and lower than 1.4 (the highest ABPI/AAI value from three measurements within last 6 months shall apply).or a toe-arm index is equal to or higher than 0.6.
• The patient has one or more diabetic ulcers on the target foot with only one ulcer selected as the study (target) ulcer. The target ulcer must be at least 4 cm from a non-target ulcer and in the Investigator's opinion, be unlikely to coalesce with another ulcer within 12 weeks of randomization.
• Subject's study ulcer is full thickness and does not extend to bone, muscle, or tendon.
• Subject's study ulcer has been present at least 4 weeks prior to the initial screening (Visit 1) or 6 weeks at randomization (Visit 3).
• Subject has been diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes and HbA1c is less than 10%.
• Study ulcer has no clinical feature of infection (2 signs of inflammation and elevated bacterial load of the wound).
• For female subjects of childbearing age potential, the subject has a negative pregnancy test and is not lactating for the duration of the study.
• Subject understands the requirements of this study and is willing to comply with all the study requirements.

You may not qualify if…

• (Answering YES will exclude patient):
• The subject is diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing treatment with immunosuppressive or chemotherapeutic agents, radiotherapy or systemic corticosteroids less than 30 days before enrollment.
• The subject is diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
• The subject is diagnosed with any bleeding disorders.
• The subject is diagnosed with any connective tissue diseases.
• For female subjects, the subject is pregnant or lactating.
• The subject has a history of illicit drug use within one year of enrollment.
• In the past year, the subject experiences episodes of drinking more than 5 alcoholic beverages in less than two hours and/or drinking alcohol has become a problem in interpersonal relationships, work, driving and/or their behavior in general.
• The subject has any active infected wounds or osteomyelitis (confirmed by bone biopsy, MRI or bone scan).
• Doppler exam within the last 365 days demonstrating reflux greater than 0.5 seconds.
• The subject is diagnosed with active Charcot as described by Saunder's classification system.
• The subject manifests signs of poor nutritional status and/or albumin level < 2.9.
• The subject has been exposed to Dermagraft and/or Oasis in the last 60 days.
• The study ulcer size is less than 0.5 cm2 or greater than 25 cm2.
• The subject has any porcine allergy or cow product allergy.
• The subject's recent (last 30 days) chemistry tests serum creatinine is 2 times above the upper limit of normal and/or LFT's 3 times above the upper limit of normal.
• Between Visit 1/Week -2 and Visit 3/Week 0 (randomization) the study ulcer has decreased in size by more than 40%, or increased in size by more than 50%.

Where it is running

• VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA — Sacramento, California, United States

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