Pediatric Burn Treatment Using Tilapia Skin as a Xenograft for Superficial-Partial Thickness Wounds

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-04-12
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Nile tilapia skin as a xenograft for the treatment of partial-thickness burn wounds in children.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Nucleo De Pesquisa E Desenvolvimento De Medicamentos Da Universidade Federal Do Ceara
• Treatments: Silver Sulfadiazine; Sulfadiazine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children between the ages of 2 and 12 years admitted to our institution with superficial partial thickness burns less than 72 hours from the thermal injury

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients were excluded for a burn greater than 15% total body surface area (TBSA);

• Presence of a previous treatment for the current burn;

• Presence of a chemical or electrical burn;

• Presence of other significant diseases that could impact the volunteer's participation in the study;

• Presence of hypersensitivity to materials used in the study or to related compounds.