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Clinical Trials/NCT05923749
NCT05923749CompletedNot Applicable

A Prospective Randomised Controlled Study Demonstrating the Clinical Benefit of Biatain® Ag Relative to Cutimed® Siltec® Sorbact® for the Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers

Coloplast A/S26 sites in 4 countries180 target enrollmentStarted: June 29, 2023Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
180
Locations
26
Primary Endpoint
Wound healing

Study Overview

Brief Summary

Approximately 178 patients with a venous leg ulcer will be included in the investigation evaluating wound healing. All subjects are randomized to one of two treatment arms with an intervention period of 4 weeks followed by a 8 week standard of care period.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Has signed informed consent
  • Is above 18 years of age or above and has full legal capacity
  • Has venous leg ulcer (C6 of the CEAP classification) with a duration longer than 4 weeks but no longer than 5 years
  • Has acceptance of compression bandages
  • Has a wound at risk of infection based on WAR (wounds at risk of infection) score with score of ≥3 points OR has at least three of the following clinical signs of bacterial contamination based on the Therapeutic index for local infections (TILI) score:
  • Erythema to surrounding skin
  • Oedema, induration or swelling
  • Spontaneous pain or pressure pain
  • Stalled wound healing
  • Increase and/or change of color or smell of exudate
  • Has wound area of min 1x1 cm and max 10x10 cm
  • Has wound with depth of max 2 cm
  • Has wound with medium to high level of exudate (but should not require more than 1 dressing change/day)
  • Has ankle-brachial pressure (ABI) ≥0.8 AND, for patients with diabetes mellitus, additional biphasic Doppler signal up to the ankle
  • Ability (assessed by the investigator) and willingness to adhere to a 1-month intervention period
  • For patients with diabetes, has HbA1c ≤ 10%/≤ 86 mmol/mol, measured within the last 3 months prior to inclusion
  • Should be able to follow the study protocol with the prescribed cleansing product (NaCl) and dressing

Exclusion Criteria

  • Is pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Has wounds with exposed tendons, bones, fistulas. Or wounds with cavity, undermined or tunnelling
  • Has infection requiring antibiotics (also for other reasons than wound infection) OR has received antibiotics within the last 1 week before inclusion
  • Has been receiving the following medical treatment within the last 4 weeks: immunosup-pression, immunomodulating, cytostatic medi-cation or corticoids (topical except for in the wound, inhalation, and stable systemic treat-ment up to 5 mg per day (stable defined as minimum 4 weeks) is allowed
  • Has a systemic hematological disease
  • Has renal insufficiency requiring dialysis
  • Has advanced heart failure NYHA III/IV
  • Has a psychiatric illness that inhibits compliance with the study protocol
  • Has severe congenital immunodeficiency such agammaglobulinemia, severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
  • Has allergy towards silver or other dressing ingredients (including compression therapy)
  • Has wound with > 50% necrotic tissue
  • Treatment of wound with an anti-microbial wound dressing within the last 2 weeks

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Wound healing

Time Frame: After 4 weeks

Relative wound area change measured by calculation of area based on photo of wound

Secondary Outcomes

  • Wound area reduction(After 4 weeks)
  • Quality of Life (based on Wound-Quality of Life-17 questionnaire)(After 4 and 12 weeks)
  • Wound healing(After 12 weeks)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Industry
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (26)

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