A RCT Evaluating the Clinical Benefit of a Silver Dressing in the Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers
A Prospective Randomised Controlled Study Demonstrating the Clinical Benefit of Biatain® Ag Relative to Cutimed® Siltec® Sorbact® for the Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers
1 other identifier
interventional
180
4 countries
13
Brief Summary
Approximately 178 patients with a venous leg ulcer will be included in the investigation evaluating wound healing. All subjects are randomized to one of two treatment arms with an intervention period of 4 weeks followed by a 8 week standard of care period.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jun 2023
13 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
June 14, 2023
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 28, 2023
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
June 29, 2023
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 29, 2025
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 29, 2025
CompletedMay 22, 2025
May 1, 2025
1.6 years
June 14, 2023
May 21, 2025
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Wound healing
Relative wound area change measured by calculation of area based on photo of wound
After 4 weeks
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Wound area reduction
After 4 weeks
Wound healing
After 12 weeks
Quality of Life (based on Wound-Quality of Life-17 questionnaire)
After 4 and 12 weeks
Study Arms (2)
Biatain Ag
EXPERIMENTALCutimed Siltec Sorbact
ACTIVE COMPARATORInterventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Has signed informed consent
- Is above 18 years of age or above and has full legal capacity
- Has venous leg ulcer (C6 of the CEAP classification) with a duration longer than 4 weeks but no longer than 5 years
- Has acceptance of compression bandages
- Has a wound at risk of infection based on WAR (wounds at risk of infection) score with score of ≥3 points OR has at least three of the following clinical signs of bacterial contamination based on the Therapeutic index for local infections (TILI) score:
- Erythema to surrounding skin
- Heat
- Oedema, induration or swelling
- Spontaneous pain or pressure pain
- Stalled wound healing
- Increase and/or change of color or smell of exudate
- Has wound area of min 1x1 cm and max 10x10 cm
- Has wound with depth of max 2 cm
- Has wound with medium to high level of exudate (but should not require more than 1 dressing change/day)
- Has ankle-brachial pressure (ABI) ≥0.8 AND, for patients with diabetes mellitus, additional biphasic Doppler signal up to the ankle
- +2 more criteria
You may not qualify if:
- Is pregnant or breastfeeding
- Has wounds with exposed tendons, bones, fistulas. Or wounds with cavity, undermined or tunnelling
- Has been receiving the following medical treatment within the last 4 weeks: immunosup-pression, immunomodulating, cytostatic medi-cation or corticoids (topical except for in the wound, inhalation, and stable systemic treat-ment up to 5 mg per day (stable defined as minimum 4 weeks) is allowed
- Has a systemic hematological disease
- Has renal insufficiency requiring dialysis
- Has advanced heart failure NYHA III/IV
- Has a psychiatric illness that inhibits compliance with the study protocol
- Has severe congenital immunodeficiency such agammaglobulinemia, severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
- Has allergy towards silver or other dressing ingredients (including compression therapy)
- Has wound with \> 50% necrotic tissue
- Treatment of wound with an anti-microbial wound dressing within the last 2 weeks
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Coloplast A/Slead
Study Sites (13)
Royal Research, Corp.
Hollywood, Florida, 33021, United States
Three Rivers Wound and Research Center
North Port, Florida, 34289, United States
Detroit foot and ankle Specialists
Clinton Township, Michigan, 48038, United States
SerenaGroup Research Center Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States
Serena Group
Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 15146, United States
Dermato-Venerologisk Afd
Copenhagen, 2400, Denmark
Wundmanagement Gefäßzentrum Aachen Wundmanagement
Aachen, 52066, Germany
Katholisches Klinikum Bochum
Bochum, 44791, Germany
Krankenhaus Buchholz und Winsen gemeinnüzige GmbH
Buchholz, 21244, Germany
ProDerma
Dülmen, 48249, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
Erlangen, 91054, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg GmbH
Giessen, 35385, Germany
Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphedema centres
Eastbourne, BN23 8AS, United Kingdom
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
June 14, 2023
First Posted
June 28, 2023
Study Start
June 29, 2023
Primary Completion
January 29, 2025
Study Completion
January 29, 2025
Last Updated
May 22, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-05
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share