Efficacy of a Fibrin Sealant in Burn Surgery

October 22, 2012 updated by: Robert L. Sheridan, Massachusetts General Hospital
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a fibrin glue in burn surgery with respect to hemostasis and skin graft fixation.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Burn patients require extensive split-thickness skin grafting operations. These operations necessitate excision of burn wounds and the procurement of autografts. Both of these result in bleeding open wounds. Fibrin sealants may be of benefit in three aspects of burn surgery:

  1. as a hemostatic agent on excised burns,
  2. as a hemostatic agent on donor sites, and
  3. as a method of fixation of skin grafts to wounds.

Skin grafts are routinely secured with surgical staples. Patients with large burns will commonly have hundreds, even thousands of staples used during the course of their care. Problems associated with the use of surgical staples include:

  1. discomfort upon removal and
  2. staples become deeply embedded in the tissue.

If effective in securing skin grafts, fibrin glue would directly benefit burn patients by decreasing the number of staples required, and thereby decreasing the number of retained staples. Fibrin sealant is produced from human fibrinogen and human thrombin from pooled plasma that is virally inactivated by a two-stage heating process.

Subjects will serve as their own control. They will have an area of their wound treated with the fibrin sealant and another area treated with the standard of care. Both areas will be compared for hemostasis, skin graft fixation, wound healing, and cosmetic outcome.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

25

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
        • Shriners Burns Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Requires skin grafting of an acute or reconstructive burn wound.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) or known hypersensitivity to bovine protein.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
initial wound hemostasis
initial donor site hemostasis
initial graft fixation
percent graft take at 1 week
outcome and cosmetic appearance at routine intervals up to 24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Collaborators

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Robert L Sheridan, M.D., Shriners Burns Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2000

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 14, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 14, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

September 16, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 24, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 22, 2012

Last Verified

October 1, 2012

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • Not sponsored

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