The Effect of Platelet Rich Plasma on Pain at Skin Graft Donor Sites

PRP Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Platelet Rich Plasma on Pain at Skin Graft Donor Sites

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03937765
• Other study ID #: PRP Study
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: University of Arizona
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare post-operative skin graft donor site pain between those treated with standard wound care vs PRP. Secondarily the study is designed to compare time to complete donor site healing. The null hypothesis is that here is no difference in post-operative donor site pain between those treated with standard wound care and PRP. The secondary null hypothesis is that there is no difference in time to donor site healing.

Description:

A well-known complaint after a split thickness skin graft surgery is pain at the graft donor site. In our patients, it has been have noticed those whose donor sites have been treated with platelet rich plasma (PRP) have endorsed decreased pain compared to those who have not. During our literature review few studies have looked at this issue. One such study by Miller et. al. looked at 5 patients whose donor site was treated with PRP showed a significant decrease in pain on a Likert visual pain scale. Kakudo et al. performed a side-by-side comparison on a single patient with half the wound treated with PRP and the other as a control. They found better epithelization and reduced pain during dressing changes for the treatment group. Both of these studies show promising results for pain reduction with PRP use, unfortunately there are no high quality randomized control trials that have looked at this. Another issue is many studies on PRP assess reduction of pain as a secondary outcome and instead focus on wound healing and epithelization primarily. This study hopes to elucidate the effect of PRP application on graft donor site pain. Patients will be recruited to the study and randomized into either treatment or control group based on medical necessity for a skin graft. This study will assess pain at the donor site via Likert pain scale and monitor narcotic pain medication use.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 25
• Est. completion date: March 15, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 15, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Any patient requiring a split thickness skin graft and is above the age of 18.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Medical history of chronic pain at the donor site
• Inability to follow up
• Unable to participate in pre or post operative questionnaire inclusive of organic
• Traumatic, chemical or degenerative causes of altered mental sensorium
• Age <18.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• PRP
• Skin Graft (Allograft) Rejection
• Skin Graft Complications
• Skin Graft Detachment

Intervention

Procedure:
• PRP harvest and preparation
The PRP harvest and preparation will be done in the operating room with the help of the hospital blood bank. The skin graft surgery will be completed by Dr. Jason Lowe and/or one of the Orthopaedic Surgery residents. Follow up will also be completed by Dr. Lowe or one of the residents. Data analysis will be done by Drs. Lowe and Manoharan. Each patient that will be undergoing a skin graft surgery will be randomized into either the PRP (intervention) group or the control group. Follow up and dressing changes will be the same for both groups. Each group will be prescribed a multi-modal pain regimen to reduce narcotic usage.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Arizona College of Medicine	Tucson	Arizona

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Arizona

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (5)

Boonstra AM, Schiphorst Preuper HR, Reneman MF, Posthumus JB, Stewart RE. Reliability and validity of the visual analogue scale for disability in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Int J Rehabil Res. 2008 Jun;31(2):165-9. doi: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e3 — View Citation

Carter MJ, Fylling CP, Parnell LK. Use of platelet rich plasma gel on wound healing: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eplasty. 2011;11:e38. Epub 2011 Sep 15. — View Citation

Delgado DA, Lambert BS, Boutris N, McCulloch PC, Robbins AB, Moreno MR, Harris JD. Validation of Digital Visual Analog Scale Pain Scoring With a Traditional Paper-based Visual Analog Scale in Adults. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2018 Mar 23;2(3):e0 — View Citation

Kakudo N, Kushida S, Minakata T, Suzuki K, Kusumoto K. Platelet-rich plasma promotes epithelialization and angiogenesis in a splitthickness skin graft donor site. Med Mol Morphol. 2011 Dec;44(4):233-6. doi: 10.1007/s00795-010-0532-1. Epub 2011 Dec 17. — View Citation

Miller JD, Rankin TM, Hua NT, Ontiveros T, Giovinco NA, Mills JL, Armstrong DG. Reduction of pain via platelet-rich plasma in split-thickness skin graft donor sites: a series of matched pairs. Diabet Foot Ankle. 2015 Jan 22;6:24972. doi: 10.3402/dfa.v6.24 — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Patient post-operative donor site pain.	Donor site pain according to the visual analog scale score. Scores are recorded by making a handwritten mark on a 10-cm line that represents a continuum between "no pain" and "worst pain."	Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Primary	Duration of donor site wound	Duration of wound care after surgery	Through study completion, an average of 1 year
Primary	Opioid consumption	Opioid consumption after surgery	Through study completion, an average of 1 year