Randomized Controlled Trial to Investigate Clinical Outcomes and Associated Costs When PermeaDerm is Used as Temporary Dressing for Surgical Wounds
brief summary
The goal of this study is to compare the cost and clinical outcomes for two temporary dressings (Allograft and PermeaDerm) used in patients that need a skin graft to heal their wound. The researchers will review cost and other treatment results including how well both temporary dressings attach to the skin, how prepared the wound bed is to receive a skin graft, how long it takes for the skin to be ready to receive a skin graft, how well the skin graft takes and any complications. Patients will first have the temporary dressing applied to their wound, then a few days later, a skin graft will be performed. Patients will have photos of their wounds taken throughout the study including at all the clinic check-ups with the last check-up occurring about 8 weeks after treatment.
detailed description
This is a prospective two-arm randomized multicenter controlled study to evaluate the clinical outcomes and economic impact of PermeaDerm and frozen human cadaveric allograft (FHCA) when they are used as a temporary dressing on surgical wounds where autografting is clinically indicated.
Patients hospitalized within 3 days of injury with a surgical wound up to 30% (inclusive) total body surface area (TBSA) will be considered for participation in this study.
Patients will undergo surgical excision within five days post-injury and will be randomly assigned (1:1) to receive PermeaDerm or FHCA as a temporary dressing. One contiguous area will be selected by the investigator as the study treatment area. Any other areas that require a temporary dressing must be dressed per the randomization.
In addition to economic impact, the two temporary dressings will be compared with respect to adherence, wound bed preparation, time to autografting, graft take, and safety-related adverse events.
Following placement of the temporary dressing, investigators will evaluate the wound every 2-3 days. The temporary dressing may be replaced, per the randomization, as clinically indicated. When the study area is ready for autografting, the temporary dressing will be removed, and the study area will be autografted per the investigative site's standard of care. The donor area(s) may be dressed in PermeaDerm or the investigative site's standard of care.
Post-autografting, subjects will be followed for 8 weeks. Treatment-related and serious adverse events will be reported through the duration of the study. At all visits, subjects' study treatment areas and donor sites that are dressed in PermeaDerm will be documented using digital photography.
official title
A Prospective Post-Market Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Study to Investigate Clinical Outcomes and Associated Costs When PermeaDerm is Used as Temporary Dressing for the Management of Surgical Wounds