Lab-Grown skin could transform burn healing
NCT ID NCT06745557
First seen Aug 10, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests an engineered skin graft called denovoSkin™, made from a patient's own skin cells, for treating deep burns. It aims to see if this graft can close wounds and reduce scarring better than the standard split-thickness skin graft. The study includes adults and adolescents aged 12 and older with burns covering at least 20% of their body. Each participant receives both treatments on different burn areas to compare outcomes directly.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- denovoSkin™, an engineered skin graft made from the patient's own skin cells
- What this could lead to
- If successful, denovoSkin™ could offer a more effective way to close severe burn wounds, potentially reducing scarring and improving recovery for burn patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase III trial, so while promising, it may not confirm the expected benefits. Risks include graft failure, infection, or scarring that is not better than standard treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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12 years and older
- 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: * Patients with deep partial or full-thickness thermal burns of ≥20% total body surface area (TBSA) for which excision and standard of care (SOC) (STSG) are clinically indicated * Patients of either sex aged ≥12 years * Signed informed consent from the patient and/or legally authorised representative Exclusion Criteria: * Burn wound areas solely located on the head and neck (i.e., test and control areas must NOT be located on head/neck) * Patients eligible to have all areas autografted in a single surgery or significantly earlier than the end of the manufacturing period of denovoSkin™, for whom the application of denovoSkin™ would delay the standard of care therapies * Patients with serologic evidence of active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (i.e., positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen \[HbsAg\] or immunoglobulin M total hepatitis B core antibody \[anti-HBc\]), active hepatitis C infection (hepatitis C virus \[HCV\] antibody positive), positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) serology, or positive Treponema pallidum serology assessed as per local standard of care; cured hepatitis C (defined as documented treatment and negative viral load) is not an exclusion * Patients with known underlying or concomitant medical conditions that, in the opinion of the Investigator, has the potential to significantly delay wound healing, e.g., glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥53 mmol/mol and/or systemic skin and connective tissue diseases * Patients with pre-existing coagulation disorders as defined by international normalised ratio (INR) outside its normal value, a prothrombin time (PT) greater than the upper limit of normal, and fibrinogen less than the lower limit of normal prior to the current hospital admission * Patients with a history of clinically significant hypersensitivity to amphotericin B, gentamicin, penicillin, streptomycin, or bovine collagen and it's derivatives (e.g. gelatine) * Previous treatment with denovoSkin™ * Participation in any clinical interventional study within 60 days prior to the first IMP administration in case of monoclonal antibodies and \<30 days for all other IMPs * Patients unwilling or unable to comply with procedures required in this clinical study protocol * Pregnant or lactating women * Women of child-bearing potential not using highly effective method(s) of birth control (i.e., with low failure rate \<1% per year) throughout the study and/or unwilling to be tested for pregnancy. A negative serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) test is required on the day of grafting * Patient is the Investigator, one of his/her family members, employees, and other dependent persons
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The study's own enquiry address
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The places running it
19 sites in 9 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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AOU Padova
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGPadova, 35128, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale A. Cardarelli
RECRUITINGNaples, 80131, Italy
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BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost Halle
RECRUITINGHalle, 06112, Germany
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BG Klinikum Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin
RECRUITINGBerlin, 12683, Germany
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BG-Unfallklinik Murnau
RECRUITINGMurnau am Staffelsee, 82418, Germany
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CHU de Liège Département de pharmacie hospitalière - Secteur Essais cliniques
RECRUITINGLiège, B-4000, Belgium
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier
RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34295, France
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Hopital Edouard Herriot Centre des Brûlés de Lyon
RECRUITINGLyon, 69003, France
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Hospital Universitario La Paz Edificio Traumatología
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28046, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron
RECRUITINGBarcelona, 08035, Spain
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Hospital Universitatrio y Politécnico La Fe
RECRUITINGValencia, 46026, Spain
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Maasstad Hospital Dep. Burn Wound Centre
RECRUITINGRotterdam, 3079 DZ, Netherlands
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Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHanover, 30625, Germany
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Pharmacie Hôpital Conception
RECRUITINGMarseille, 13005, France
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Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis
RECRUITINGBeverwijk, 1942, Netherlands
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Samodzielny Zakład Opieki Zdrowotnej z siedzibą w Łęcznej
RECRUITINGŁęczna, 21-010, Poland
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Santobono-Pausilipon
RECRUITINGNaples, 80129, Italy
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Unidade de Queimados do CHUC
RECRUITINGCoimbra, 3000-075, Portugal
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Universtitätsspital Zürich
RECRUITINGZurich, 8091, Switzerland
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