SmartMatrix™ is a single layer dermal replacement scaffold for full thickness skin replacement. The scaffold consists of a porous matrix of cross-linked human fibrin plus alginate that has been designed and optimised to facilitate wound closure and healing through cellular ingress and rapid growth of new blood vessels. This proof of concept study will involve patients with surgical wounds resulting from the excision of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma SCC).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
5
SmartMatrix dermal replacement scaffold
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
East Grinstead, United Kingdom
The Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery
Swansea, United Kingdom
Safety
incidence of adverse events related to use of wound scaffold
Time frame: 6 months
wound healing
measurement of time to 100% re-epithelialisation of wound
Time frame: 6 months, 12 months
cosmesis
patient and surgeon assessment of scar formation and development using recognised assessment scores
Time frame: 6 months, 12 months
pain at dressing change
pain at dressing change will be assessed using a 10cm VAS
Time frame: 3 months
dressing change
frequency and number of dressing changes will be recorded
Time frame: 3 months
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