Evaluation of Dermafill Dressing for Donor Sites

United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

Status

Completed

Conditions

Burns

Treatments

Device: Dermafill Dressing

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00137163

H-04-026

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare one type of dressing against the current standard dressing that is used to cover the unburned area of the skin where a piece of skin is removed to cover another part of the body that was burned.

Hypothesis: The mean healing time for wounds treated with the Dermafill dressing will be less than the mean healing time for wounds treated with Xeroform dressing.

Full description

At the time of the procedure, donor sites that are symmetrical in size and shape will be selected. The donor sites will be harvested. Once the grafts have been harvested, the wounds will be randomized for treatment using either the Dermafill dressing or Xeroform. The wound dressings will then be observed at least once a day beginning post op day 2/48hours after surgery until healed, which is defined as 90% or more of the wound surface is confluently re-epithelized.

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

18 years or older; male or female.
Burn wounds less than 30% of total body surface area (TBSA) with no systemic abnormalities
Burns do not involve the harvesting area
Burn wounds require excision and grafting of sufficient extent to justify two donor sites of equal and symmetrical size on non-dependent body surface areas
Scheduled excision and grafting procedure is the first such operation for subject during this hospitalization
Subject agrees to participate in follow-up evaluations

Exclusion criteria

Critical illnesses requiring ventilator support, systemic infection or hemodynamic instability
Major acute or chronic illnesses affecting wound healing (e.g. peripheral vascular disease, insulin dependent diabetes, blood clotting disorder)
Subject receiving medications that inhibit/compromise wound healing (e.g. anticoagulants, antiplatelet drugs, oral steroids). The use of anticoagulants does not include deep venous thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis.
Cellulitis or other infection of potential donor site
Previously harvested donor site
Subjects with greater than 30% TBSA burns
Pregnancy