An interventional study of RENASYS◊ DYNAFLOW Instillation Therapy in Wounds and Injuries, sponsored by Smith & Nephew, Inc.. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-28.
Sponsored by Smith & Nephew, Inc. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of this study is to investigate the functional performance of the RENASYS◊ DYNAFLOW Instillation Therapy System for wound management in adults with acute and chronic wounds. The main question is for clinicians to assess whether this device is completely unsuitable, neutral, or completely suitable for wound management using negative pressure wound therapy with instillation. Participants will have up to 3 dressings applied over their wound with saline administered via negative pressure for up to 9 days and participate in ongoing checkups by the study team.
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is widely used for the management of acute and chronic wounds and has demonstrated clinical utility through controlled removal of wound exudate, reduction of edema, and promotion of granulation tissue formation. An extension of this approach, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with instillation (NPWTi), combines NPWT with the controlled delivery of saline to the wound bed. NPWTi is increasingly used for complex wounds where enhanced wound bed cleansing, management of non-viable tissue, and control of local bioburden are desired as part of wound management.
The RENASYS◊ DYNAFLOW Instillation Therapy System consists of the RENASYS◊ DYNAFLOW Instillation Therapy Kit, RENASYS◊-F Foam Dressing Kit with Soft Port, RENASYS◊ TOUCH NPWT Pump, and RENASYS◊ TOUCH 800 mL Canister and is designed to deliver continuous or intermittent saline instillation to the wound bed while maintaining negative pressure therapy for the management of wound fluids and exudate. The system may also utilize dwell time as a separate therapy mode, in which saline is intermittently delivered to the wound, allowed to stay on the wound for a specified period, and then removed during negative pressure therapy.
This post-market clinical investigation has been designed to generate functional performance and operational data under conditions representative of routine inpatient clinical use for acute and chronic wounds. The study will also collect information related to device deficiencies and safety events to further characterize the post-market performance profile of the system. Results from the study may help inform future clinical research and support ongoing assessment of the device's performance and usability in clinical practice.
Participants will have the dressings and negative pressure system applied over the indicated wound and participate in either continuous, intermittent, or dwell therapy modes per clinical judgment. Study participation will last up to 9 days and may include up to 3 separate dressing changes. Additional assessments include wound photography, review of the health and status of the skin around the wound, bacterial growth within the wound, and satisfaction surveys for clinicians and the participants.
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Patient has a target wound that meets all the following:
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient with target wound(s):
Patient with a medical or physical condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would preclude participation in the study, including but not limited to:
Patient is of (WOCBP) [2] who at the time of screening/treatment meets any of the following:
Planning to become pregnant during study participation
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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).
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Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
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Immunosuppression
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Corticosteroids (steroids)
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Hypersensitivity
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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.
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Postmenopausal
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
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RENASYS◊ DYNAFLOW Instillation Therapy System as treatment for acute and chronic wounds
Device: RENASYS◊ DYNAFLOW Instillation Therapy
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with saline instillation and/or dwell
Functional Performance of the RENASYS◊ DYNAFLOW Instillation Therapy System in an acute care setting
Functional performance is defined by a clinician-assessed questionnaire with a 1-10 numeric rating scale (completely unsuitable \[1\]; neutral \[5\]; completely suitable \[10\]) of the RENASYS◊ DYNAFLOW Instillation Therapy System that is collected at end of treatment after final dressing removal. A higher rating score indicates a better performance outcome for the device.
Time frame: Day 9
Application time of the RENASYS◊ DYNAFLOW Instillation Therapy System in an acute care setting
Instillation application time is measured in minutes and seconds from completion of RENASYS◊ foam and transparent film application through to completion of instillation system priming (when saline is visibly present within the foam dressing). A shorter application time indicates better device performance.
Time frame: During dressing application
Plan to share: No
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Start is estimated for Oct 2026; primary completion for Mar 2027, 4 months later.
Of 53 industry-sponsored interventional studies with no phase under Wounds and Injuries, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 40. This study's planned 4 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 599 studies reached it within 24 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 48.
Wounds and Injuries covers many different conditions, not one, so the studies compared here vary widely. Read these figures as a rough guide.
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