Portable skin dressing shows promise for rare blistering disease
NCT ID NCT05944250
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This pilot study tested a portable device called Spincare that sprays a nanofiber dressing onto wounds in people with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), a rare genetic condition causing fragile, blistering skin. Six participants with at least six chronic or recurrent wounds were enrolled. The study compared healing of treated wounds versus untreated ones over four months, also tracking side effects like pain or redness. The goal was to see if this easy-to-apply dressing is safe and helps wounds close.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Spincare matrix (a portable device that applies a nanofiber dressing to wounds)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new, easy-to-use dressing that helps RDEB wounds heal faster and with less pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 6 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The dressing is temporary and not a cure.
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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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6 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Finished
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Aug 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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6 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: * Clinical and/or genetic diagnosis of RDEB by a dermatologist * Age 6 years or older willing and able to give consent/assent * At least 6 wounds (3 wound pairs) each with an area of 10cm2 or greater located at any site (excluding face and genital skin) * Wounds must be present for at least 4 weeks and able to be classified as recurrent wounds (wounds that heal within 12 weeks but then re-blister) vs chronic open (older than 12 weeks) Exclusion Criteria: * Actively infected wounds with pus (colonized wounds are eligible) * Wounds that have had squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) * Wounds on the face and genitals * Wounds that have been treated with investigational therapies in the past 3 months
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Discovery Hall Stanford University
Redwood City, California, 94063, United States
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