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NCT number NCT04507724
Other study ID # NPWW
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date October 19, 2018
Est. completion date December 31, 2020

Study information

Verified date May 2021
Source Qualizyme Diagnostics GmbH & Co KG
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Chronic wounds represent a growing challenge in medical care. Part 1: The aim of this part of the study was to collect wound swabs and to answer the question whether the rapid diagnostic tool using enzyme activities can display an infection prematurely. This means that an increased enzyme activity (especially MPO, NHE, LYS, gelatinase, pH) measured overed 3 days, would indicate a change in the wound bed (infection, Inflammation) earlier than the regularly performed clinical assessment. Part 2: The aim of this part of the study was to evaluate (I) the possibility of wound fluid acquisition by means of an "additional collector" during ongoing NPWT and to answer if (II) this secretion can be biochemically analyzed for enzyme activities in order to be able to detect a change in the wound situation at an early stage.


Description:

The study is composed of two parts, which run independently of each other. However, in both parts the course of the wounds is analyzed. Part 1: Two wound swabs are taken. One used for routinely performed microbiological analysis and the second will be used for biochemical analysis (enzyme activities). The aim of the wound swabs is to answer the question whether the rapid diagnostic tool used in the examination can display an infection prematurely or not. This means that an increased enzyme activity (especially MPO, NHE, LYS, gelatinase, pH) would indicate a change in the wound bed (infection, inflammation) earlier than the regular clinical assessment. These wound swabs are expected to function as an improvement of the biochemical assays or rather of the technology concerning sensitivity and specificity of, for example, the pH number, the MPO, the LYS, the gelatinase and the elastase. In addition to that, the correlation between the Enzyme activities and the course of the infection will be examined. This technology is supposed to be later used as an early infection diagnostic tool in wound fluids. The followup of this testing system is a crucial prerequisite for the application of the technology in VAC therapy (part 2). Part 2: The findings of this examination will be used to investigate the applicability of the developed in-vitro early infection diagnostic tool in negative-pressure therapy (VAC therapy; vacuum assisted closure). Patients of the plastic surgery with a NPWT are included in this prospective study. Before the NPWT will be applied, two swabs (biochemical and microbiological analysis) of the wounds will be taken. After installation of the dressing, the connecting tube between the wound and the vacuum-generating device will be cut and an "additional collector" will be inserted. This collector will be changed daily and afterwards the concentrations of enzymes (lysozyme, elastase, myeloperoxidase) will be biochemically analyzed.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 41
Est. completion date December 31, 2020
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - signed informed consent - older than 18 years old - open wound of varying etiology - VAC therapy (KCI) (part 2) Exclusion Criteria: - under 18 years old - pregnant women - less than three measurement data (less than three swabs) = part 1 - VAC-instill therapy = part 2

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Locations

Country Name City State
Austria Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz Graz

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Qualizyme Diagnostics GmbH & Co KG

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

References & Publications (23)

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Blokhuis-Arkes MH, Haalboom M, van der Palen J, Heinzle A, Sigl E, Guebitz G, Beuk R. Rapid enzyme analysis as a diagnostic tool for wound infection: Comparison between clinical judgment, microbiological analysis, and enzyme analysis. Wound Repair Regen. 2015 May-Jun;23(3):345-52. doi: 10.1111/wrr.12282. Epub 2015 Jun 19. — View Citation

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Hasmann A, Gewessler U, Hulla E, Schneider KP, Binder B, Francesko A, Tzanov T, Schintler M, Van der Palen J, Guebitz GM, Wehrschuetz-Sigl E. Sensor materials for the detection of human neutrophil elastase and cathepsin G activity in wound fluid. Exp Dermatol. 2011 Jun;20(6):508-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2011.01256.x. Epub 2011 Apr 13. — View Citation

Hasmann A, Wehrschuetz-Sigl E, Kanzler G, Gewessler U, Hulla E, Schneider KP, Binder B, Schintler M, Guebitz GM. Novel peptidoglycan-based diagnostic devices for detection of wound infection. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011 Sep;71(1):12-23. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.09.009. Epub 2011 Mar 9. — View Citation

Hasmann A, Wehrschuetz-Sigl E, Marold A, Wiesbauer H, Schoeftner R, Gewessler U, Kandelbauer A, Schiffer D, Schneider KP, Binder B, Schintler M, Guebitz GM. Analysis of myeloperoxidase activity in wound fluids as a marker of infection. Ann Clin Biochem. 2013 May;50(Pt 3):245-54. doi: 10.1258/acb.2011.010249. — View Citation

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Klebanoff SJ. Myeloperoxidase. Proc Assoc Am Physicians. 1999 Sep-Oct;111(5):383-9. Review. — View Citation

Ladwig GP, Robson MC, Liu R, Kuhn MA, Muir DF, Schultz GS. Ratios of activated matrix metalloproteinase-9 to tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 in wound fluids are inversely correlated with healing of pressure ulcers. Wound Repair Regen. 2002 Jan-Feb;10(1):26-37. — View Citation

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Nuutila K, Yang L, Broomhead M, Proppe K, Eriksson E. Novel negative pressure wound therapy device without foam or gauze is effective at -50 mmHg. Wound Repair Regen. 2019 Mar;27(2):162-169. doi: 10.1111/wrr.3. Epub 2018 Oct 31. — View Citation

Schiffer D, Blokhuis-Arkes M, van der Palen J, Sigl E, Heinzle A, Guebitz GM. Assessment of infection in chronic wounds based on the activities of elastase, lysozyme and myeloperoxidase. Br J Dermatol. 2015 Dec;173(6):1529-31. doi: 10.1111/bjd.13896. Epub 2015 Oct 29. — View Citation

Schiffer D, Tegl G, Heinzle A, Sigl E, Metcalf D, Bowler P, Burnet M, Guebitz GM. Enzyme-responsive polymers for microbial infection detection. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2015;15(9):1125-31. doi: 10.1586/14737159.2015.1061935. Epub 2015 Jul 16. Review. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Part 1: biochemical analysis of wounds Elevated enzyme activities (biochemical analysis of wound swabs) give information of the condition of the wound bed (infection, inflammation). during hospitalization
Primary Part 2: Descriptive assessment of the feasibility of collecting wound fluid during ongoing negative pressure wound therapy The aim is to answer the question if it is feasible to collect wound fluid during ongoing negative pressure wound therapy and analyze this wound fluid biochemically. during negative pressure wound therapy
Secondary Part 2: Evaluating changes in enzyme activities in the collected wound fluid The collected wound fluid will be analyzed biochemically daily over three days. This might give as informations of wounds as an "in-vitro early infection diagnostic tool" Starting immediately after installation of the negative-pressure dressing and lasting for 3 days.
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