Clinical and Histological Study of a Novel Dermal Substitute
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Conditions studied: Skin Transplantation
In brief
The goal of this observational study is to compare a novel dermal substitute to a the current standard procedure in the treatment of full thickness skin defects. The main questions aim to answer are: • Is the skin elasticity treated with the novel dermal substitute better than the skin elasticity treated with the current standard procedure Participants skin elasticity will be measured by Cutometer® MPA-580 assessment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06255990
- Run by
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
- People needed
- 42
- Starts
- 2024-01-15
- Expected to finish
- 2027-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-03
Who can join
Age: 1 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age: 1 to 75 years
- Full-thickness skin defect qualifying for coverage with the dermal substitute NovoSorb® BTM before transplantation with a STSG:
- Acute cases: burn injury, soft tissue injury, skin necrosis after purpura fulminans or similar condition
- Reconstructive cases (elective surgery): e.g. scar formation after burn injury, giant congenital nevus, defect after removal of skin tumor, skin defect due to other surgical procedures
- Documented medical treatment decision of covering the full-thickness skin defects with either the two-step BTM/STSG procedure or with STSG alone or by using both techniques on different wound areas
- Informed consent by patients/parents or other legal representative
You may not qualify if…
- Infected wounds needing surgical procedure other than a dermal template
- Patients with known underlying or concomitant medical conditions that may interfere with normal wound healing (e.g. immune deficiency, systemic skin disease, any kind of congenital defect of metabolism including diabetes)
- Previous enrolment of the patient into the current study
- Adolescent/Adult patients or in case of children their parents/legal representatives unable to comply with the study protocol
- Pregnant or breast feeding females
Where it is running
- Cantonal Hospital Aarau — Aarau, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland (enrolling)
- University Children's Hospital Zurich — Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland (enrolling)
- University Hospital Zurich — Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland (enrolling)
- Cantonal Hospital Winterthur — Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (enrolling)
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