Safety and Efficacy of realSKIN® to Provide Complete Wound Closure of Burn Wounds as an Alternative to Autografting

Last updated: April 1, 2025
Sponsor: XenoTherapeutics, Inc.
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

Skin Wounds

Hyponatremia

Treatment

Skin Xenotransplant

Autograft(ing)

Clinical Study ID

NCT06223269
realSKIN-003
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of realSKIN® to provide complete wound closure of mixed-depth, full-thickness burn wounds as an alternative treatment to autografting.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. The subject, or the subject's legally authorized representative (LAR), provideswritten informed consent to participate in this study

  2. Males or females age greater than or equal to 18 years old

  3. Total Burn Surface Area (TBSA) <50% to include mixed depth and full-thickness burnwounds as defined as "primarily full-thickness (FT) and deep-partial (DPT) thermalburns (e.g. >60% of the total burn area should be FT and DPT) before debridement",and full-thickness burns for which surgical intervention is clinically indicated

  4. Having a mixed depth thermal burn wound including full thickness requiring skingrafting

  5. Biological females must have a negative serum pregnancy test at Screening and mustnot be nursing

  6. All subjects must agree to use a protocol-approved method of contraception for aminimum of 3 months following realSKIN placement, which includes a barrier methodplus one or more of the following:

  • Hormonal contraceptives (e.g., birth control pills, skin patches, vaginalrings, and the Depo-Provera shot)

  • Intrauterine device (IUD)

  • Male or female condoms with spermicide

  • Diaphragm with spermicide

  • Permanent tubal occlusive birth control system

  1. Sufficient area of burn wound for realSKIN and comparator autograft placement to notbe located on face or hands or having a target graft site centered on high-impactareas such as joints, weight-bearing areas (e.g. soles of feet), or the inguinalregion, per Investigator's judgment

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Pregnant or lactating women

  2. Documented history of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or othercondition(s) that in the opinion of the Investigator may compromise patient safetyor study objectives

  3. Immunosuppressive medication regimens e.g. antineoplastics, high dose steroids (>10mg prednisone/day), TNF alpha inhibitors, calcineurin inhibitors (cyclosporine,tacrolimus), anti- proliferative agents, and other immunomodulators

  4. Active malignancy, including those requiring surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiationin the past 5 years; non-metastatic basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin andcervical carcinoma in situ are allowed

  5. Use of any experimental or investigational drugs within 30 days prior to placementof realSKIN

  6. Previously received a porcine or other xenogeneic tissue product, including but notlimited to: glutaraldehyde fixed porcine or bovine bioprosthetic heart valvereplacements and glutaraldehyde fixed porcine dermal matrix (e.g., EZ Derm)

  7. Patients with advanced or unstable/uncontrolled comorbid conditions, such asadvanced renal disease, diabetes mellitus and liver disease

  8. Patients with HbA1c ≥ 10.0%; specimen must be obtained for screening purposes ifcurrent (within past 3 months) value is not available

  9. Patients with a history of chronic end stage renal disease defined as MDRD CrCL < 15mL/min or receiving chronic dialysis

  10. Patients with a history of chronic liver disease or cirrhosis (Child-Pugh Score C);evidence of acute or chronic hepatitis B infection based on documented HBV serologytesting

  11. Known documented history of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Treponema pallidum,Cytomegalovirus, herpes or varicella zoster; note: Successfully treated hepatitis Cpatients without evidence of end stage liver disease is allowed; if HCV antibodyreactive, then HCV RNA must be undetectable

  12. Recent (within 3 months prior to study enrollment) MI, unstable angina leading tohospitalization, uncontrolled, CABG, PCI, carotid surgery or stenting,cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, endovascular procedure, orsurgical intervention for peripheral vascular disease or plans to undergo a majorsurgical or interventional procedure (e.g., PCI, CABG, carotid or peripheralrevascularization)

  13. Presence of venous or arterial vascular disorder directly affecting the area of burnwound

  14. Pre-existing haemolytic anemia

  15. Chronic malnourishment as determined by Investigator

  16. Inhalation injury as determined by bronchoscopic exam if available, or diagnosis atthe time of screening

  17. Systemic anticoagulation at the time of treatment or INR > 2

  18. Documented evidence of wound infection at Screening

  19. Evidence of sepsis at Screening

Study Design

Total Participants: 50
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Skin Xenotransplant
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
May 09, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
January 31, 2026

Study Description

This study is a Phase 3 open-label, interventional, controlled, randomized, multicenter clinical trial. It is comprised of an estimated 50 men and women aged 18 years and older who experienced severe and extensive, mixed-depth and full-thickness thermal burn wounds up to 50% TBSA requiring surgical excision and skin grafting for which autografting is clinically indicated.

The comparator control for the study is autografting, the current standard of care procedure for the treatment of severe burns, which involves the removal of healthy skin from an uninjured site on the patient and using it to cover the original burn wound to achieve complete and durable wound closure.

After surgical preparation of the wound bed, subjects will receive approximately 100 square centimeters of realSKIN at a predesignated wound site and separately, autografting at an alternate site, per the standard of care, in accordance with the randomization schedule.

Thus, each patient represents both the experimental and control group, to be evaluated in isolated but comparable settings. The use of an intra-patient comparator allows for a matched control to eliminate significant underlying differences, including immunologic, physiologic, and scarring variable inherent in this patient population that may impact wound healing at the treatment sites.

After surgical excision to remove nonviable tissue or previously applied temporary wound dressings, two wound treatment sites of comparable area and depth will be identified.

Treatment assignment will be randomized to receive either realSKIN or a surgically harvested autograft. The pre-identified treatment sites must each be a wound area of comparable depth that is not contiguous (e.g., "sharing a common border or touching") to ensure the interpretability of the efficacy results.

Additionally, two unaffected areas of the patient's intact, healthy skin will be prospectively identified to provide sources of autografts for the control site and realSKIN treatment site (e.g., patient skin harvest sites.) These pre-identified regions may be in the same anatomic area or from two separate but comparable areas, depending on the amount of intact native patient skin available.

Connect with a study center

  • Arizona Burn Center Valleywise Health

    Phoenix, Arizona 85008
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • JMS Burn Center at Doctors Hospital

    Augusta, Georgia 30909
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • MaineHealth Maine Medical Center

    Portland, Maine 04102
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts 02114
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University Hospital

    Madison, Wisconsin 53792
    United States

    Site Not Available

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