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Status unknownNCT02116010PHAGOBURNUpdated Jul 24, 2015

Evaluation of Phage Therapy for the Treatment of Escherichia Coli and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Wound Infections in Burned Patients

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of E. coli Phages cocktail and Standard of care : Silver Sulfadiazine in Wound Infection, sponsored by Phaxiam Therapeutics. Status unknown at 5 sites in 3 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-07-24.

Sponsored by Phaxiam Therapeutics · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2015), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of PHAGOBURN is to assess tolerance and efficacy of local bacteriophage treatment of E. coli or P. aeruginosa wound infections in burned patients.

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PHAGOBURN is a Phase I/II clinical trial randomized, multicentric, open label, standard of care (Silver Sulfadiazine) controlled aiming at assessing tolerance and efficacy of local bacteriophage treatment of wound infections due to E. coli or P. aeruginosa in burned patients using Pherecydes Pharma anti-Escherichia coli and anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage cocktails GMP produced. This project is a European Research \& Development (R\&D) project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Development. This project is involving 7 clinical sites in EU.

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Conditions studied

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In context

Infections

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Lead sponsor

Phaxiam Therapeutics is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Man or woman
  • Adult Informed consent obtained from patient or next of kin
  • In-hospital patient treated for burn wounds in a burn unit
  • Burn wound (grafted or not) or graft harvesting area, presenting local signs of infection defined by SFETB criteria:

    • A local or loco-regional inflammatory reaction;
    • And/or an adverse and unexpected local evolution;
    • And/or regarding burn wounds: presence of pus, fast spontaneous debridement and separation, occurrence of blackish spots (necrosis or haemorrhage), unexplained conversion from a superficial lesion to a deep one (> 48th hour);
    • And/or regarding graft donor sites: presence of pus, unexplained delay in epidermisation, bedsore;
    • And/or regarding graft recipient sites: presence of pus, lysis of grafts, necrosis of fat located under the graft.
  • Burn wounds with a microbiologically documented infection, as defined by positive surface swab, due to Escherichia coli or Pseudomonas aeruginosa whatever their resistance profile
  • Treated by povidone-iodine

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
  • Intercurrent condition requiring a treatment which may interfere with analysis results: such as high dose of chronic corticotherapy, immunosuppressive medication, oncologic chemotherapy
  • Patient included in an interventional research protocol with therapeutic intervention still ongoing upon inclusion time or having participated into anti-infective drug trials during the previous month.
  • Patient considered as part of a vulnerable population
  • Patient for whom treatment limitation or withdrawal during study period is considered
  • Allergy to Silver Sulfadiazine
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    E. coli, Standard of care : Silver Sulfadiazine

    Burn wounds infected by E. coli treated with Standard of care : Silver Sulfadiazine

    Drug: Standard of care : Silver Sulfadiazine

  • Experimental
    E. coli, Phages cocktail

    Burn wounds infected by E. coli treated with Pherecydes Pharma Phages cocktail

    Drug: E. coli Phages cocktail

  • Active comparator
    P. aeruginosa, Standard of care : Silver Sulfadiazine

    Burn wounds infected with P. aeruginosa treated with Standard of care : Silver Sulfadiazine

    Drug: Standard of care : Silver Sulfadiazine

  • Experimental
    P. aeruginosa, Phages cocktail

    Burn wounds infected by P. aeruginosa treated treated with Pherecydes Pharma Phages cocktail

    Drug: P. Aeruginosa, Phages cocktail

Interventions

  • DrugE. coli Phages cocktail

    Use of Pherecydes Pharma Phages cocktail to treat respectively E. coli burn wound infection

  • DrugStandard of care : Silver Sulfadiazine

    Use of Standard of care : Silver Sulfadiazine, to treat E. coli or P. aeruginosa infected burn wound

  • DrugP. Aeruginosa, Phages cocktail

    Use of Pherecydes Pharma Phages cocktail to treat P. aeruginosa burn wound infection

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Time for bacteria reduction adjusted on antibiotic treatment

    Time necessary for a persistent bacteria reduction of two modes or persistent bacteria eradication relative to D0 adjusted on antibiotic treatment (active on targeted strain) introduced between D1 to D7. Bacteria count performed on bacteria targeted by the phages cocktail collected from surface swab samples assessed by the microbiologist.

    Time frame: 7 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assessment of tolerance of treatment

    Adverse events frequencies will be assessed in each treatment arms. Phages therapy safety profile will be compared to safety profile of standard of care .

    Time frame: 21 days

  2. Incidence an delay of infection reduction with different bacterial species from the targets

    The criteria will be assessed according to wound clinical examination and bacteria count by the microbiologist.

    Time frame: 7 days

  3. number of sites cured

    The number of infected burns or infected wounds getting a clinical improvement will be described and compared between treatment groups.

    Time frame: 7 days

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Study locations

1 of 5 sites recruiting
  • Hopital Militaire Reine Astrid
    Brussel, B-1120, Belgium
    • Jean-Paul Pirnay, PhD · Contact · jean-paul.pirnay@mil.be · +32 2 264 4844
    • Serge Jennes, MD · Principal investigator
    Not yet recruiting
  • CHU Sart-Tilman
    Liege, Belgium
    • Anne-Françoise Rousseau, MD · Contact · afrousseau@chu.ulg.ac.be · +32 4 3667495
    • Anne-Françoise Rousseau, MD · Principal investigator
    Not yet recruiting
  • Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy
    Clamart, 92141, France
    • Patrick Jault, MD · Contact · patrick.jault@santarm.fr · +33 (0)1 41 46 62 13
    • Thomas Leclerc, MD · Contact · thomas.leclerc@m4x.org · +33 (0)1 41 46 62 13
    • Patrick Jault, MD · Principal investigator
    • Thomas Leclerc, MD · Sub investigator
    Recruiting
  • Centre hospitalier ST Joseph et St Luc
    Lyon, F-69365, France
    Not yet recruiting
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
    Lausanne, CH-1011, Switzerland
    • Grégory Resch, PhD · Contact · gregory.resch@unil.ch · +41 21 692 56 23
    • Yok-Ai Que, Mer, MD · Principal investigator
    Not yet recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Jault P, Leclerc T, Jennes S, Pirnay JP, Que YA, Resch G, Rousseau AF, Ravat F, Carsin H, Le Floch R, Schaal JV, Soler C, Fevre C, Arnaud I, Bretaudeau L, Gabard J. Efficacy and tolerability of a cocktail of bacteriophages to treat burn wounds infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PhagoBurn): a randomised, controlled, double-blind phase 1/2 trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Jan;19(1):35-45. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30482-1. Epub 2018 Oct 3. PubMed 30292481 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 24, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02116010
Lead sponsor
Phaxiam Therapeutics
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 16, 2014
Start date
Jul 2015
Primary completion
Jul 2016 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 24, 2015

Study contacts

Patrick Jault, MD
Contact
patrick.jault@santarm.fr
+33 1 41 46 62 13
Christine Cotton
Contact
christine.cotton@statitec.com
+335 61 00 13 55
Patrick Jault, MD
principal investigator · Service de Santé des Armées, Hopital Percy (Clamart, France)

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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