Phase 2 Pilot Trial of Subjects With Complex Non-healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated With Standard Care Plus Cryopreserved Umbilical Cord Allograft (TTAX01)

A Multicenter, Open Label Phase 2 Pilot Trial of Subjects With Complex Non-healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated With Standard Care Plus Cryopreserved Umbilical Cord Allograft (TTAX01)

It is hypothesized that application of the human placental umbilical cord tissue TTAX01 to the surface of a well debrided, complex diabetic foot ulcer will, with concomitant management of infection, result in a higher proportion of wounds showing complete healing within 16 weeks of initiating therapy.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Diabetic Foot Infection; Non-healing Wound; Non-healing Diabetic Foot Ulcer
• Intervention / Treatment: Biological: TTAX01; Procedure: Surgical resection and debridement; Drug: Systemic antibiotics; Device: Off-loading

Detailed Description

The hypothesis under study is that one or more applications of TTAX01 to the wound surface of a well debrided, complex diabetic foot ulcer managed with appropriate antibiotic therapy will result in a higher probability of complete healing than would be expected from management with standard care alone. In this open label Phase 2 pilot trial, all subjects will receive the intervention over a maximum period of 16 weeks. Eligible consenting subjects will undergo a baseline aggressive debridement in the operating room to remove infected and devitalized bone and soft tissue. TTAX01 will be applied to the debrided wound bed at baseline, and if healing is not evident, it will be applied again at 4 week intervals. At each weekly visit the wound will be further debrided as necessary.

Consenting subjects who qualify for enrollment will undergo an aggressive surgical debridement at the baseline visit, including biopsies of bone for histology and microbiologic testing at the start and completion of debridement. Systemic antibiotics will be given empirically, with adjustments made on the basis of culture and sensitivity results. New or recurrent infections will be managed with additional debridement and adjustment or addition of appropriate systemic antibiotics. The test article, TTAX01, will be sutured to the debrided wound bed at baseline and again at 4 week intervals over the 16 week treatment period for wounds that do not show evidence of healing. For wounds that do show evidence of healing, additional applications of TTAX01 will be withheld, based on observations from retrospective case series.

Subjects whose wounds close prior to 16 weeks will move directly to a 2 week confirmation of closure period. Subjects whose wounds have not closed by the end of 16 weeks will exit the trial.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Arizona
    • Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85006
      • Banner University Medical Center
  • California
    • Sylmar, California, United States, 91342
      • UCLA Olive View
  • Florida
    • Miami, Florida, United States, 33125
      • University of Miami
  • Georgia
    • Smyrna, Georgia, United States, 30082
      • Village Podiatry Centers
  • Illinois
    • North Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60064
      • Rosalind Franklin University
  • Louisiana
    • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70121
      • Ochsner Medical Center
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10025
      • St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
  • North Carolina
    • Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599
      • University of North Carolina
  • Tennessee
    • Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37212
      • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Texas
    • McAllen, Texas, United States, 78501
      • Futuro Clinical Trials, LLC
  • Virginia
    • Roanoke, Virginia, United States, 24013
      • Carilion Clinic

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• The subject has signed the informed consent form
• The subject is male or female, at least 18 years of age inclusive at the date of Screening
• The subject has confirmed diagnosis of Type I or Type II diabetes
• The subject's index ulcer is located on the plantar surface, inter digital, heel, or lateral or medial surface of the foot
• The subject has an index ulcer with visible margins having an area ≥1.0 cm2 to ≤ 10.0 cm2 when measured by the electronic measuring device at Screening
• The subject's index ulcer extends beyond the dermis, into subcutaneous tissue with evidence of exposed bone, tendon, muscle and/or joint capsule
• The subject presents with history, signs or symptoms leading to a clinical suspicion of osteomyelitis in the opinion of the Investigator supported by positive Probe to Bone (PTB) and any of the following: radiographic (x-ray, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), or bone scan) or evidence of bone necrosis
• The subject has an Ankle Brachial Index ≥ 0.7 to ≤ 1.3 or TcPO2 ≥ 40 mmHg on the dorsum of the affected foot, or Great Toe Pressure ≥ 50 mmHg
• The subject is under the care of a physician for the management of Diabetes Mellitus

Exclusion Criteria:

• The subject's index ulcer is primarily located on the dorsal surface of the foot
• The subject's index ulcer can be addressed by primary closure through the completion of the initial or staged surgical procedure
• The subject has a glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level of > 12%
• The subject has a serum albumin level ≤ 2.0 g/dL
• The subject has a white blood cell count < 2.0 x109/L, neutrophils < 1.0 x109/L, or platelets < 100 x109/L
• The subject has malignancy or a history of cancer, other than non-melanoma skin cancer, in five years before Screening
• The subject is pregnant
• The subject is a nursing mother
• The subject's index ulcer is over an active Charcot deformity
• The subject has had previous use of NEOX®, CLARIX®, or TTAX01 applied to the index ulcer
• Per Investigator's discretion the subject is not appropriate for inclusion in the trial, e.g., undergoing surgical treatments listed in the protocol or the subject currently has sepsis

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: TTAX01 plus standard care; Eligible consenting subjects will undergo a baseline aggressive debridement in the operating room to remove infected and devitalized bone and soft tissue. A six week course of systemic antibiotics will be used to resolve baseline infection. TTAX01 will be applied to the debrided wound bed at baseline, and if healing is not evident, it will be applied again at 4 week intervals. At each weekly visit the wound will be further debrided as necessary.

Biological: TTAX01; TTAX01 will be applied directly to the wound surface and retained with non-absorbable sutures. A single layer of the test article should cover the entire open surface of the wound. The material is to be applied once every 4 weeks unless the wound shows evidence of healing, in which case dosing is suspended; or, if the test article has been accidentally dislodged, it may be replaced at any time.; Procedure: Surgical resection and debridement; Perform surgical sharp debridement in the OR, to remove: infectious agents and biofilms (purulence),; all debris, eschar, callus and macerated non-viable tissue from the wound base, and; dead (suprabasal epidermis), scarred (elevated/edematous) and necrotic/macerated tissue from the wound edge. Surgical Resection will be performed to remove as much of the necrotic bone detected by the radiographic evidence as is appropriate.; Drug: Systemic antibiotics; Six (6) weeks of systemic antibiotic therapy is required. A definitive therapy will be guided by the microbiological results based on bone biopsy.; Device: Off-loading; Provide off-loading device appropriate to the location of wound with full length boot or total contact cast

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Subjects With Complete Wound Healing	Proportion of subjects with complete wound healing observed over the 16-week treatment period. Complete wound healing was defined as an initial observation of closure, followed by two confirmatory visits two weeks apart.	16-weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Time to Complete Wound Healing	Time in number of days to complete wound closure over the 16 week treatment period, starting from enrollment to the time of the initial observation of wound closure	up to 16 weeks
Percent Change in Wound Surface Area	Rate of wound closure, specifically percent change in the wound surface area (cm2) at each visit from baseline for assessing the rate of wound closure in area. Only percent change in wound surface area at week 16 reported.	at week 16

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Tissue Tech Inc.
• Investigators: Study Chair: Scheffer Tseng, MD, Chief Technology Officer

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 4, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 10, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): April 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 19, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 25, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): July 26, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 15, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 20, 2021
• Last Verified: May 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Skin Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases; Diabetic Angiopathies; Leg Ulcer; Skin Ulcer; Diabetes Complications; Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetic Neuropathies; Foot Diseases; Diabetic Foot; Foot Ulcer; Ulcer; Anti-Infective Agents; Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Other Study ID Numbers: TTCRNE-1501

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No