The purpose of this clinical trial is to perform a limited pilot study to determine the safety and feasibility of DermGEN in the treatment of non-healing diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). This will be a one-arm prospective study. It is hypothesized that DermGEN treatment will result in positive healing outcomes with no significant adverse effects.
This will be a one-arm prospective study. This study in Halifax will be mirrored in one other participating health care center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with each centre anticipated to enrol 5-10 patients for a total of 15-20 patients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
11
DermGEN is a product created by a patented process that decellularizes and sterilizes donated human tissue.
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Percentage of Wound Area Reduction Compared to Baseline
Digital photography was utilized to capture the appearance and size of the ulcer at each visit. In the photograph a measurement scale was shown beside the wound. The area of the wound was calculated by manually outlining wound edges on a digital image and then using the open source program ImageJ to calculate the area of the wound. For calculating the percentage change in area of the wound, the wound areas at each time point were divided by the size of the wound at baseline and multiplied by 100.
Time frame: 4 weeks
Percentage of Patients With Complete Healing at Any Time Point
Complete healing is defined as 100% epithelialization without drainage. Digital photography was utilized to capture the appearance and size of the ulcer at each visit. In the photograph a measurement scale was shown beside the wound. The area of the wound was calculated by manually outlining wound edges on a digital image and then using the open source program ImageJ to calculate the area of the wound. For calculating the percentage change in area of the wound, the wound areas at each time point were divided by the size of the wound at baseline and multiplied by 100.
Time frame: 20 weeks
Number of Patients With Adverse Events
Reporting the number of patients participating in the study having adverse events
Time frame: 20 weeks
Number of Patients With Ulcer Reoccurrence in the Same Location After Complete Healing
Number of patients that reported a reoccurrence of the ulcer in the same location after complete healing at 1 year post treatment.
Time frame: 1 year
Percent Change in Wound Size Compared to Baseline
Digital photography was utilized to capture the appearance and size of the ulcer at each visit. In the photograph a measurement scale was shown beside the wound. The area of the wound was calculated by manually outlining wound edges on a digital image and then using the open source program ImageJ to calculate the area of the wound. For calculating the percentage change in area of the wound, the wound areas at each time point were divided by the size of the wound at baseline and multiplied by 100. Note 100% equals complete closure of the wound.
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Time frame: 20 weeks
Percent Change in Wound Area From Baseline
change in area of wound in percent from initial presentation
Time frame: 12 Weeks