A Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of the 3M™ V.A.C. Peel and Place Dressing

A Post-market, Prospective, Multi-center, Single-arm Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of the 3M™ V.A.C. Peel and Place Dressing Used in Conjunction With 3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy

The purpose of this clinical study is to obtain post-market safety and efficacy data when the V.A.C.® Peel and Place dressing is used in conjunction with 3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Wound
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: 3M™ V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing

Detailed Description

This is a prospective, post-market, multi-center, single-arm study. A target of 90 enrolled Subjects with 1 enrolled study wound per Subject is planned for this study, including 60 open wounds (10 for each type of open wound) and 30 closed or covered wounds (10 for each type of closed/covered wound). The entire duration of the study is expected to last approximately 2 years. Individual Subject participation is expected to last up to 20 days, including a screening period lasting up to 5 days, the day of initial treatment, dressing change visits as clinically appropriate but no more than 7 days from dressing application, and an end-of-treatment (EOT)/end-of-study (EOS) visit between Day 7 and Day 14 after the initial dressing application.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 90
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Eric Synatschk; Phone Number: 346-550-5698; Email: esynatschk@solventum.com

Study Locations

• United States
  • Indiana
    • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
      • Recruiting
      • IU Health Methodist Hospital
      • Contact: Kaitlyn Depinet, NP
  • Missouri
    • St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
      • Recruiting
      • Washington University - Barnes Jewish Hospital
      • Contact: Bryan Sato
      • Contact: Jen McCarthy
  • Pennsylvania
    • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, 18015
      • Recruiting
      • St. Luke's University Hospital
      • Contact: Monica Hosler

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject is at least 22 years old at the time of consent.
2. Subject or legally authorized representative (LAR) is able to provide informed consent.

3. Subject has a wound deemed appropriate for treatment with a V.A.C.® Peel and Place dressing (used in conjunction with 3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy), according to the instructions for use for the dressing, including the following wound types:

   • an open wound: traumatic wound, dehisced surgical wound within 30 days of surgery, burn, venous ulcer, diabetic ulcer, or pressure ulcer Note: Prior to initial placement, the wound may be debrided, as clinically indicated
   • a closed or covered wound secured with sutures or staples: closed surgical incision, skin flap closure, or skin graft (recipient site)
4. Subject is willing and able to attend all study visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subject is pregnant or lactating prior to application of the initial dressing. *

   *Women who have had surgical sterilization by a medically accepted method (ie, tubal ligation, hysterectomy, or oophorectomy) or are post-menopausal, defined as not having menstruation for > 12 months will not be required to undergo pregnancy testing.

2. Subject is participating in another interventional clinical study or was enrolled in a clinical trial within the last 30 days before screening.
3. Subject has been diagnosed with a malignancy in the wound.
4. Subject has untreated osteomyelitis or untreated cellulitis in the wound.
5. Subject has an untreated systemic infection.
6. Subject has active cellulitis in the peri-wound area.
7. Subject has a known allergy or hypersensitivity to study materials: dressing(s), and/or dressing components such as acrylic or silicone adhesives or polyurethane.
8. Subject has, in the opinion of the investigator, a clinically significant condition that would impair the Subject's ability to comply with the study procedures or would compromise assessment of endpoints (wound/peri-wound condition).
9. Subject has had radiation directly to the wound area.
10. Subject received hyperbaric oxygen therapy within 30 days before the initial application of a V.A.C.® Peel and Place dressing.
11. Subject has been diagnosed with a major vascular deficit limiting arterial inflow into the wound region, as determined by the investigator's interpretation of the subject's medical history.

12. In the case of a lower extremity wound, the Subject has one of the following:

    • an ankle brachial index < 0.8;
    • no palpable pulse; or
    • no discernable audio Doppler signal.

Individual wounds are to be excluded from the study if they meet any of the following criteria

1. Wound has necrotic tissue and/or eschar present. NOTE: After debridement of necrotic tissue and complete removal of eschar, the V.A.C.® Peel and Place dressings may be used.
2. Wound contains a non-enteric or unexplored fistula(s) in the wound bed.
3. Wound has tunneling.
4. Wound has undermining that is ≥ 2 cm in any direction from the wound edge.
5. Wound site has inadequate hemostasis, as determined by the investigator.
6. Wound has exposed vessels, anastomotic sites, organs, or nerves that cannot be protected prior to placement of the V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressings.
7. Wound has a depth greater than 2 cm (for small dressings), 4 cm (for medium dressing size), or 6 cm (for the large dressing size).

8. The wound received, within 30 days before initiating V.A.C.® Therapy, treatment with any of the following:

   • any previous negative pressure wound therapy device.
   • growth factors.
   • bioengineered tissue products, eg, skin or dermal substitutes.
9. Wound was closed with tissue adhesive.
10. Wound has, in the opinion of the Investigator, any characteristic that would make it unsuitable for the study.

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: 3M™ V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing; 3M™ V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing used in conjunction with 3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy	Device: 3M™ V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing; Application of 3M™ V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing used in conjunction with 3M™ V.A.C.® Therapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Incidence of (ADEs)	The incidence of adverse device effects (ADEs)	14 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Percentage of closed surgical incisions and skin flaps that remain closed	The percentage of closed surgical incisions and skin flaps that remain closed throughout treatment	14 days
Percentage of skin grafts with ≥ 90% graft take	The percentage of skin grafts with ≥ 90% graft take at the end of treatment	14 days
Overall rate of wound healing for both open wounds and closed/covered wounds	The overall rate of wound healing for both open wounds and closed/covered wounds, as evidenced by the aforementioned criteria	14 days
Percentage of open wounds with evidence of healing	The percentage of open wounds with evidence of healing, as evidenced by any of the following: decrease in total wound area (cm2) from baseline to the end of treatment,; decrease in total wound volume (cm3) from baseline to the end of treatment,; decrease in average wound depth from baseline to the end of treatment,; increase in the percentage of the wound with red color composition (signifying healthy, viable tissue), from baseline to the end of treatment,; improved score for exudate amount from the first dressing change to the end of treatment; improved score for peripheral tissue edema from baseline to the end of treatment; new epithelialization from baseline to the end of treatment, or; wound is deemed ready for closure (via delayed primary closure, graft, flap or allowed to epithelialize) at any time from baseline to the end of treatment	14 days

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pain score associated with dressing removal	The pain score associated with dressing removal (ie, during dressing changes and at final dressing removal) - Subject-reported and based on the highest level of perceived pain. Whereby a score of 0 is indicative of "no pain" and a score of 10 indicates the "worst pain possible".	14 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Solventum US LLC
• Investigators: Study Director: Stephanie Karwedsky, Solventum

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 20, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): May 1, 2027

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 12, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 1, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): October 3, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 13, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 11, 2026
• Last Verified: February 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Open; Closed
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Wounds and Injuries
• Other Study ID Numbers: EM-05-015140

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes