New silver dressing aims to speed burn recovery
NCT ID NCT05824026
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested a special wound dressing with silver on 52 adults with partial-thickness burns that were infected or at risk of infection. Participants wore the dressing for two weeks, with changes once a week. The main goal was to see how many wounds healed within 14 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- gelling fiber wound dressing with silver
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this dressing could offer a simple way to help burn wounds heal faster and reduce infection risk.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, completed study with only 52 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The dressing is a device, not a cure, and healing depends on many factors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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52 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Apr 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Has signed informed consent 2. Is between 18 -65 years (both included) 3. Is capable of following study procedure (assessed by investigator). 4. Has a partial thickness burn wound 5. Has a burn wound that is infected or at risk of infection (assessed by investigator) 6. The size of burn (including both study wound and non-study injuries) has a Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) less than 10% (assessed by investigator). 7. The wound should fit under a 20x30 cm dressing (600 cm2) or smaller 8. The shape and location of the wound should be suitable for photo capture (assessed by the investigator). 9. Has a wound that has medium to high level of exudate (assessed by the investigator) 10. Is suitable to use the test product for wound treatment (assessed by the investigator). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Is pregnant/breastfeeding 2. Is currently receiving or has within the past 60 days received radio- and/or chemotherapy (low doses radio- and/or chemotherapy is allowed for other indications than cancer if assessed by investigator not to influence study wound area) 3. Known history of skin sensitivity to any components of the test dressings 4. \>72 hours from time of injury 5. Intake of antibiotics within one week before the start of the enrolment 6. Use of chemical debridement 7. Participation in any other clinical studies that can compromise this study treatment (assessed by the investigator).
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom
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Newcastle University/The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Newcastle, NE3 3HD, United Kingdom
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North Bristol Southmead Hospital
Westbury, Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom
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Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth Hospital University Trust
Cosham, P06 3LY, United Kingdom
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Queen Victoria Hospital NHS foundation trust
East Grinstead, United Kingdom
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