Could a special dressing make skin grafts unnecessary for burns?
NCT ID NCT05462860
First seen Aug 13, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a special wound dressing called Suprathel can help partial-thickness burns heal without needing a skin graft. Adults with burns covering at least 2% of their body will receive either Suprathel or standard care. The study looks at how many people avoid grafting, as well as pain, infection, scarring, and healing time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Suprathel, a synthetic wound dressing
- What this could lead to
- If effective, Suprathel could reduce the need for skin grafting in burn patients, potentially easing pain, lowering infection risk, and improving scar outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-stage trial, so results may not apply broadly. The dressing may not outperform standard care, and individual healing varies.
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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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About 21 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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18 to 75 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: * Male or Female ≥18 years and ≤75 years * Acute partial thickness burns by friction, contact, scalding from hot liquids and flame * TBSA total ≥2 %; burn treatment region of interest: all areas with partial-thickness burns excluding face, neck, scalp, and feet * TBSA 3rd ≤5 % (not to be included as burn treatment region of interest) * Subject is able and willing to sign Informed Consent or via legally authorized representative Exclusion Criteria: * Study Wound due to electrical, radioactive, or frostbite-related injury * Infection of wounds in the study area at admission per Investigator or treating physician discretion * Pregnancy/lactation * Subjects who are unable to follow the protocol or who are likely to be non-compliant * Participation in an active treatment arm of a burn wound related interventional study within 90 days of Screening Visit or during the study * Prisoners * Life expectancy less than 6 months * Subjects who are receiving steroids, chronic anticoagulants, or immune suppressive treatment
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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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North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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