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Pivotal Trial of Dermagraft(R) to Treat Venous Leg Ulcers

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Venous Leg Ulcer
Registration Number
NCT00909870
Lead Sponsor
Organogenesis
Brief Summary

This study randomly assigns patients with venous leg ulcers to receive standard therapy (compression) alone or compression plus Dermagraft(R). Dermagraft is a device containing live human fibroblasts grown on an absorbable Vicryl mesh. Patients are seen weekly until they heal or the 16-week treatment period is complete. Follow-up visits are conducted monthly for three months in order to assess patients for longer term safety.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
537
Inclusion Criteria
  • >18 years of age
  • ABI > 0.80
  • Three or fewer venous leg ulcers, if multiple must be separated by 2 cm
  • Ultrasound demonstrates venous reflux >0.5 seconds
  • Study wound present for 1-24 months
  • Study wound 2-15 sq cm surface area
  • Clean, granulating wound
  • Patient able and willing to sign informed consent and comply with study procedures.
  • Women of childbearing potential must use birth control pills, barriers or abstinence and have a negative pregnancy test.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Wound etiology uncertain or not from venous hypertension.
  • BMI>40
  • Acute or chronic infectious skin disease
  • Allergy or intolerance to Profore(R)
  • Wound infection, cellulitis, osteomyelitis
  • >2 weeks' treatment with immunosuppressive agents in recent past
  • Investigational drug use within 30 days
  • Severe malnutrition, drug and/or alcohol abuse
  • Malignant disease unless in remission for 5 years
  • History of radiation at the study site
  • Other conditions that could impede wound healing
  • Known history of HIV or AIDS
  • Prior participation in any Dermagraft study
  • Treatment with other bioengineered tissue products within 30 days
  • Unable to understand the aims and objectives of the trial
  • Inability to comply with study protocol
  • NYHA Class III or IV CHF
  • Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
  • Dorsal foot ulcer

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Complete Healing of the Study Ulcer by Week 16.16 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time-to-Complete HealingFrom Week 0 visit to date subject's completely healed ulcer is 1st recorded as healed. If subject's ulcer not healed at 16 weeks, the "time until CH" was censored at 112 days.

Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of the time to achieve median (50%) Complete Healing response in each treatment group.

Trial Locations

Locations (70)

Coastal Clinical Research, Inc.

🇺🇸

Mobile, Alabama, United States

Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

HOPE Research Institute

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS)

🇺🇸

Tucson, Arizona, United States

University of Arizona College of Medicine

🇺🇸

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Dr. Jagpreet S. Mukker

🇺🇸

Fresno, California, United States

VA Northern California Health Care System

🇺🇸

Mather, California, United States

Sutter Roseville Medical Center Wound Care Center

🇺🇸

Roseville, California, United States

Therapeutics Clinical Research

🇺🇸

San Diego, California, United States

General Vascular Surgery Group

🇺🇸

San Leandro, California, United States

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Coastal Clinical Research, Inc.
🇺🇸Mobile, Alabama, United States

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