This study randomly assigns patients with venous leg ulcers to receive standard therapy (compression) alone or compression plus Dermagraft(R). Dermagraft is a device containing live human fibroblasts grown on an absorbable Vicryl mesh. Patients are seen weekly until they heal or the 16-week treatment period is complete. Follow-up visits are conducted monthly for three months in order to assess patients for longer term safety.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
537
Weekly application of Dermagraft(R) with Profore compression as a secondary layer, in combination with systematic surgical wound debridement.
Weekly application of Profore compression dressings, in combination with systematic surgical wound debridement.
Complete Healing of the Study Ulcer by Week 16.
Time frame: 16 weeks
Time-to-Complete Healing
Kaplan-Meier survival analysis of the time to achieve median (50%) Complete Healing response in each treatment group.
Time frame: From Week 0 visit to date subject's completely healed ulcer is 1st recorded as healed. If subject's ulcer not healed at 16 weeks, the "time until CH" was censored at 112 days.
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