Could a Blood-Derived injection help gums heal faster after surgery?
NCT ID NCT07174934
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether applying injectable platelet-rich fibrin (I-PRF) to the wound after gum surgery (gingivectomy or gingivoplasty) can improve healing. Twenty adults with chronic inflammatory gum overgrowth will be split into two groups: one gets standard surgery alone, the other gets surgery plus I-PRF. Researchers will measure healing and patient satisfaction over 21 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- injectable platelet-rich fibrin (I-PRF)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple way to improve gum healing after dental surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early-stage trial with only 20 participants, so results may not apply widely. The treatment is experimental and may not speed healing as hoped.
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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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 35 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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- Systemically healthy patients. 2- patients ages18-35years. 3- patients with chronic inflammatory gingival overgrowth. 4- patients with fibrotic gingival overgrowth. 5- Patients with enough attached gingiva. 6- Patients signing informed written consent. Exclusion Criteria: \- 1) Pregnancy or lactation. 2) Any known systemic disease. 3) Any type of previous periodontal treatment (surgical or non-surgical) in the preceding 6 months. 4\) smokers and alcohol users 5) clinical attachment or bone loss. 6) Patients run on immunosuppressive agents, systemic corticosteroids, chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy drugs taken or prescribed 2 months before the study attempt, which may affect the study results, wound healing, and coagulation mechanism.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Out-Patient Clinic of Oral Medicine, Periodontology, Oral Diagnosis and Radiology department, Faculty of Dental Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University.
Cairo, Egypt
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