Enzymatic Debridement in Burns Patients: A Comparison to Standard of Care
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Burns represent one of the most severe and dreaded traumas. Burned and traumatized tissue is
known as eschar. The dead eschar, if not removed, often becomes heavily contaminated and is
the source of local and/or systemic infection or sepsis. The local inflammation and infection
destroy healthy surrounding tissues and extends the original damage. In order to prevent
these complications, and in order to minimize the risk of infection, it is imperative to
evaluate the burn and remove all of the offending eschar at the earliest possible
opportunity. This removal of dead tissue is termed "debridement".
The most direct debridement method for eschar removal is surgery. Traditional, conservative
non-surgical debridement is a lengthy process which often involves many complications.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and enzymatic debriding efficacy of
Debrase Gel Dressing (DGD) in hospitalized patients with deep partial thickness and/or full
thickness thermal burns and to compare DGD to standard of care (SOC).