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SuspendedNCT03435172Updated Sep 25, 2019

Safety and Feasibility of ADRCs Treatment To Patients With Thermal Wounds

An interventional study of Device-ADRCs intravenously infusion in Thermal Burn, sponsored by Cytori Therapeutics. Suspended at 5 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-09-25.

Sponsored by Cytori Therapeutics · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was suspended
Low enrollment rate, voluntary study suspension of the study
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
15
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 336 studies in Burns with a site in United States — 40 open to participants now, 52 under way, 5 of them phase 3. Burns · United States.

Planned enrollment
176th of 272
15 · median 26
Started
2018
with 11 others
No phase
152 of 336
14 open now
Registered
210th of 336
by date

Among the 336 studies in Burns with a site in United States, this one is the 176th largest by planned enrollment of the 272 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 12 that started in 2018, is one of 152 with no phase, and was the 210th registered.

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This study: 18 Years to 65 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

The primary objective of the protocol is to evaluate preliminary safety and feasibility of ADRCs via intravenous delivery in the treatment of deep partial and full thickness thermal wounds.

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The RELIEF Trial is a prospective, open-label, parallel group, usual care controlled, multi-center randomized (2:1, active: usual care alone) safety and feasibility study targeting thermal burns. Subjects will have at least one deep partial or full thickness burn wounds of > 250 cm2 that is to be autografted with a split thickness meshed skin graft (STSG). Subjects randomized to ADRCs will undergo small volume fat harvest (100 to 150 mL) performed at initiation of general anesthesia for scheduled burn surgery followed by intravenous delivery of ADRCs within 4 hours following surgery. The lipoaspirate will be processed in the Celution® System to isolate and concentrate ADRCs.

Following informed consent and initial screening assessments, eligible subjects will undergo pre-operative testing. On the procedure day, subjects will be randomized to ADRCs (with usual care) or usual care alone. Low volume lipoharvest will only be performed on subjects randomized to ADRCs in order to obtain 100-150 mL lipoaspirate, which will then be transferred to the Celution® System for processing to isolate and concentrate ADRCs for same-day administration. All treatment will be delivered in a total volume of 10 mL which will be delivered by slow intravenous administration into a peripheral vein.

Following surgery, subjects will be evaluated at first dressing change, day 10 (±2) (only if wound dressing change planned) and weeks 2 (±3 days), 3 (±3 days), 4 (±3 days), 8 (±7 days), 12 (±14 days), 26 (±14 days), and 52(±21 days).

The 1st 5 subjects enrolled in active treatment will be observed for adverse events over a 7 day period. If no SAEs occur during that period, for that individual subject, the next subject enrolled in active treatment may be entered with the same 7 day observation period. The safety results of the first 5 subjects will be reviewed by the DMC and their evaluation will be used in conjunction with the clinical data collected to date, and if appropriate, to potentially remove the staggering approach to the study. Enrollment after the first 5 subjects may continue only after the DMC has completed its safety review and recommends continuation.

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Conditions studied

  • Thermal Burn

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Keywords

  • Thermal Burn
  • Adipose Derived Regenerative Cells
  • Skin Graft
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Males or females age ≥ 18 to ≤ 65
  • > 20 kg/m2
  • Burn TBSA 20% - 50%
  • At least one deep partial thickness and/or full thickness thermal burn ≥ 250 cm2 on the arms, legs, back, abdomen or chest that is anticipated to be covered with autologous meshed STSG meshed and that has not been treated previously with a biologic dressing such as Alloderm® or Integra®
  • Ability to safely undergo tissue harvest that is anticipated to yield >150mL of adipose tissue at a site that is free from infection
  • Donor site availability for skin graft harvest
  • Able to provide written signed by either the patient or their legally authorized representative
  • Women and men of agreeing to use during the study. Acceptable methods include surgical sterility, IUDs, hormonal contraception or double barrier methods

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects with burns > 3rd degree (i.e. involvement of deeper tissues, such as muscle, tendons, or bone)
  • Subjects with electrical or chemical burns
  • Subjects with significant inhalation injuries necessitating intubation and mechanical ventilation or requiring > 50% FI02 on a continuous basis to maintain oxygenation (02 sat > 90%)
  • In the opinion of treating physician, patient not expected to survive beyond 30 days
  • Pre-existing condition requiring current use of medication or systemic
  • Pregnant or lactating status. Pregnancy as determined by a positive pregnancy test at screening or baseline
  • Known history of infection, or active or active infection
  • Cancer requiring chemotherapy or radiation within previous 6 months or resection within the last 5 years (other than basal cell carcinoma)
  • Known chronic renal failure (serum creatinine > 2 mg/dL) or chronic liver disease
  • Pre-existing medical conditions that would interfere with wound healing (i.e.diabetic patients with test result ≥8%, , disease)
  • Subjects with psychiatric conditions that are anticipated to result in protocol noncompliance
  • Chronic illicit drug or alcohol abuse that is anticipated to interfere with patient compliance with the protocol
  • Participation in another clinical trial within 60 days of the screening visit
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(12)

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BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

Informed consent

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Immunosuppression

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

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Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
15 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment Group

    Device-ADRCs intravenously infusion 20 million ADRCs generated by Celution device will be intraveously infused through peripheral vein. Standard care of split thickness meshed skin graft (STSG) will be used.

    Device: Device-ADRCs intravenously infusion

  • No intervention
    Usual Care

    Standard care of split thickness meshed skin graft (STSG) will be used.

Interventions

  • DeviceDevice-ADRCs intravenously infusion

    Medical Device: ADRCs Generated by Celution 800 IV Device and then Infused into Peripheral Vein.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility of obtain lipo suction with > 100mL adipose tissue, Feasibility if obtain 20 million ADRC

    Feasibility will be determined as 1) the ability to obtain \> 100 mL adipose tissue during the liposuction surgical procedure (up to one hour for the tissue harvesting procedure), 2) obtain ≥ 20 x 106 ADRCs confirmed by cell counting (up to 4 hours after the liposuction procedure), and 3) deliver the prepared cell dose to the subject within four hours after Celution device completed the process.

    Time frame: Procedure day only

  2. Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety]

    Safety will be evaluated based on the incidence, type and seriousness of adverse events related to the IV administration of test substance as well as the low volume lipoharvest procedure. Adverse events will be assessed according to the NIH Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v4.0 for scale grading adverse events.

    Time frame: Throughout the whole 52 weeks trial evaluation period

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percent epithelialization of the graft

    Percent epithelialization of the graft post grafting (assessed by surgeon visual evaluation and blinded independent review of standardized photographs)

    Time frame: At first dressing change, day 10 and weeks 2, 3 and 4.

  2. Percent take of the graft

    Percent take of the graft post grafting (assessed by surgeon visual evaluation and blinded independent review of standardized photographs)

    Time frame: At first dressing change, day 10 and weeks 2, 3 and 4.

  3. Percent of wound with complete closure

    Percent of wound closure post grafting (assessed by surgeon visual evaluation and blinded independent review of standardized photographs)

    Time frame: At weeks 2, 3, 4, 8 and 12

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Study locations

5 sites
  • Maricopa IHS
    Phoenix, Arizona 85008, United States
  • Univeristy of Southern California
    Los Angeles, California 90033, United States
  • MedStar Health Research Institute
    Washington, District of Columbia 20010, United States
  • University of Florida
    Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
  • Ohio State University
    Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

PDFs hosted by the registry, ClinicalTrials.gov.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Apr 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jul 2020, 27 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 1, 2018
First posted
Feb 15, 2018
StartActual
Apr 1, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Jul 31, 2020
CompletionEst.
Jul 31, 2021
Last update
Sep 25, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 25, 2019, 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
NCT03435172
Lead sponsor
Cytori Therapeutics
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 15, 2018
Start date
Apr 1, 2018
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 31, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 25, 2019

Study contacts

Marc H Hedrick, MD
principal investigator · Cytori therapeutics Inc

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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