A Phase 4 interventional study of Intact Fish Skin Graft (IFSG) + Standard of Care and Standard of Care in Venous Leg Ulcer (VLU), Venous Leg Ulcers and Venous Leg, sponsored by Kerecis Ltd.. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-01-24.
Sponsored by Kerecis Ltd. (part of Coloplast A/S) · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to determine the between-arm difference in the proportion of subjects achieving complete closure of hard-to-heal venous leg ulcers (VLU) between Intact Fish Skin Graft plus standard of care (IFSG/SOC) versus standard of care alone (SOC) over 12 weeks.
This is a randomized controlled multicenter clinical trial evaluating intact fish skin grand and standard of care vs. standard of care alone in nonhealing venous leg ulcers. The product classifies as a medical device and consists of a full thickness fish-skin that has been processed using Kerecis™ Limited's proprietary EnviroIntact™ method.
369 studies on the registry are indexed under Varicose Ulcer; 77 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 150 is above the median of 60 across 309 interventional studies indexed under Varicose Ulcer.
Browse Varicose Ulcer studies →Kerecis Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 14 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.
First submitted after Kerecis Ltd. became part of Coloplast A/S.
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The affected limb must have adequate perfusion confirmed by vascular assessment. Any of the following methods performed within 3 months of the first screening visit are acceptable:
Exclusion Criteria:
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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.
The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.
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.
A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
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Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
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.
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Life expectancy
The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.
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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.
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Immunosuppression
A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
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Corticosteroids (steroids)
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
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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.
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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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Up to 12 visits with Intact Fish Skin Graft (IFSG) + Standard of Care.
Other: Intact Fish Skin Graft (IFSG) + Standard of Care
Standard of care will be cleaning, debridement, ulcer moisture balance, and offloading.
Other: Standard of Care
Participants will receive weekly applications of MariGen and Standard of Care until ulcer closure, or a maximum of 12 weeks, whichever occurs first.
Beginning at the screening visit, participants will receive weekly treatment with standard of care (cleaning, debridement, ulcer moisture balance, and offloading) until ulcer closure, or a maximum of 12 weeks, whichever occurs first.
The percentage of target ulcers achieving complete wound closure
The percentage of target ulcers achieving complete wound closure in 12 weeks
Time frame: [Time Frame: 1-12 Weeks]
Time to closure
The time to closure of the target ulcers over 12 weeks.
Time frame: [Time Frame: 1-12 weeks]
Percent area change
Percentage wound area change from TV-1 to TV-13 measured weekly with digital photographic planimetry and physical examination.
Time frame: [Time Frame: 1-12 weeks]
Adverse Events
The number of adverse events.
Time frame: [Time Frame: 1-12 weeks]
Change in pain in target ulcer
Change in pain in the target ulcer assessed using the Visual Analog Scale VAS scale from TV-1 to TV-13
Time frame: [Time Frame: 1-12 weeks]
Visits and product applications needed to close the ulcer
The number of visits and product applications needed to close the ulcer
Time frame: [Time Frame: 1-12 weeks]
Quality of life using the Wound quality of Life questionare wQOL
Change in quality of life using the wQOL checklist \[TV-1, TV-4, TV-8, and TV-12/Final Visit\].
Time frame: [Time Frame: 1-12 weeks]
Determine improvement in Quality of Life - Forgotten Wound Score FWS
Quality of Life assessed using the Forgotten Wound Score. The scale has a score of 0 to 100- 100 being the worst outcome meaning the wound bothers the subject most of the time. \[TV-1, TV-4, TV-8, and TV-12/Final Visit\].
Time frame: [Time Frame: 1-12 weeks]
Started Nov 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Apr 2026, 17 months after the start.
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