Can Platelet-Rich plasma heal stubborn wounds faster than saline?
NCT ID NCT07420868
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a special dressing made from a patient's own platelets (platelet-rich plasma) helps chronic wounds heal better than a standard saline dressing. One hundred adults with long-lasting skin ulcers, including diabetic foot ulcers, took part. The goal was to see if the platelet dressing could shrink the wound more over six weeks and reduce pain.
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Study facts
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- 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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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Age 18 years or above * Either gender * Chronic non healing cutaneous ulcer of at least 6 weeks duration * Ulcer etiology eligible for conservative dressing-based management, including * Diabetic foot, Venous leg and Pressure ulcer * Other chronic ulcers considered suitable by the treating dermatologist * Measurable index ulcer surface area suitable for standardized photography and planimetric assessment * Clinically acceptable wound bed after initial wound bed preparation * No requirement for urgent surgical reconstruction at enrolment * Ability to attend twice weekly dressing visits for 6 weeks * Provision of written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Suspected or proven malignant ulceration * Vasculitic or inflammatory ulcers requiring systemic immunosuppression * Pyoderma gangrenosum * Critical limb ischemia or severe perfusion compromise on clinical assessment, with vascular screening where feasible * Requirement for urgent revascularization * Active osteomyelitis requiring bony debridement * Exposed bone with high suspicion of osteomyelitis * Rapidly spreading soft tissue infection * Systemic sepsis * Hematological abnormalities making venesection or platelet rich plasma preparation unsafe, including * Clinically relevant platelet dysfunction * Known bleeding diathesis * Therapeutic anticoagulation where temporary interruption is not clinically appropriate * Pregnancy or lactation * Participation in another interventional wound trial * Inability to comply with follow up
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Multan Medical and Dental College
Multan, Punjab Province, 60000, Pakistan
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