NCT02213952.
Trial name or title | Feasibility, potential efficacy and safety of autologous platelet‐rich plasma in the treatment of vascular venous ulcers in primary care (phase I and II pilot study) ‐ PRP in vascular ulcers in primary care |
Methods | Phase III, open‐label, parallel‐group, multicentre, randomised study |
Participants | Country: Spain Number randomised (patients): 150 Wound aetiology: Vascular venous ulcer Age: 18 years and older Sex: Male and female Inclusion criteria: Between 40 and 100 years of age with an at least 2‐month history of a vascular venous ulcer Exclusion criteria: ABI below 0.8 or above 1.5. Chronic use of immunosuppressants or antiretroviral drugs. Patients with syphilis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV. Active infection or fever at the beginning of the study. Clotting disorders. Chronic infectious diseases. History of cancer. Treatment with radiotherapy or chemotherapy |
Interventions | Experimental: Autologous PRP; one heal per week during the two months of treatment Comparator: Current treatment |
Outcomes | Primaries outcomes: Reduction of the ulcer at baseline and 5 and 9 weeks after starting the treatment. The area of the wound will be compared between baseline, after a month and two months of treatment, measuring the area in cm2 by image processing of photographs of the ulcer using ImageJ software Secondary outcomes: Reduction in pain, percentage of infected ulcers and wound edge. Quality of live using the CIVIQ |
Starting date | 17 December 2012 |
Contact information | Natalia Burgos Alonso. Unidad de investigacion de atencion Primaria de Bizakaia. Spain natalia.burgosalonso@osakidetza.net |
Notes | Founding. Spanish Carlos III Health Institute and Department of Health and Consumer Affairs of the Government of the Basque Country This clinical trial is also registered in clinicaltrial.gov (NCT02213952 Title: PRP ULCERAS: Clinical Trial Phase III (PRPULCERAS)) |