Suprathel® Use During Prolonged Field Care to Promote Healing and Reduce the Need for Grafting of Burn Wounds

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorThe Metis Foundation

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect to which Suprathel® (Polymedics Innovations GmbH, Denkendorf, Germany) can reduce the need for grafting compared to Standard of Care (SoC). Furthermore, the study intends to evaluate if Suprathel® allows for a reduction of reduction of pain, infection, provider workload, scar development and costs compared to SoC.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Male or Female ≥18 years and ≤75 years

Acute partial thickness burns by friction, contact, scalding from hot liquids and flame

TBSA total ≥2 %; burn treatment region of interest: all areas with partial-thickness burns excluding face, neck, scalp, and feet

TBSA 3rd ≤5 % (not to be included as burn treatment region of interest)

Disqualifiers

Study Wound due to electrical, radioactive, or frostbite-related injury

Infection of wounds in the study area at admission per Investigator or treating physician discretion

Pregnancy/lactation

Subjects who are unable to follow the protocol or who are likely to be non-compliant

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Suprathel®

Treatment groups

21 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators