Clinical Research Directory

Plasma Resuscitation Early for Evaluating Volume and Endotheliopathy of Thermal Injury (PREEVEnT) Trial

The Plasma Resuscitation Early for Evaluating Volume and Endotheliopathy of Thermal Injury (PREEVEnT) trial will be a 5-year (3-year enrollment), open label, phase-3, multi-center, early in-hospital phase randomized trial utilizing burn centers from within the LITES network and will enroll approximately 750 injured adult patients who have suffered large 2nd or 3rd degree thermal burns on at least 20% of their body surface requiring burn resuscitation. The objective is to determine if initiating plasma resuscitation as soon as possible upon arrival to an emergency department or burn unit is the most effective resuscitation for those who have experienced large thermal burns and significantly reduces the morbidity and mortality attributable to post-injury complications as compared to standard in-hospital resuscitation practice.

Pilot Studies Blocking Injury-Induced MVP Release in Skin Using Topical Amitriptyline

The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of substances contained in skin known as microvesicle particles (MVP). Studies suggest these MVP are involved in many conditions such as after the thermal burn injury. These particles are typically found in skin and are evaluated by taking a portion of area with skin biopsy. The hypothesis to be tested is that people treated with a small burn injury will result in MVP levels and that this can be blocked by applying the drug amitriptyline to the area. The topical amitriptyline will be given either immediately after the burn, or at a short time afterwards (5 or 15 minutes). Skin biopsies of the areas will be taken and the study team will measure the MVPs in the skin. By utilizing these methods the study team can determine if there are differences in the numbers of MVP made following a small thermal burn injury and if this can be blocked by topical treatment with amitriptyline.

Pilot Studies Testing the Use of Oral Amitriptyline in Reducing Localized Burn Injury-induced Microvesicle Particle Release

The purpose of this study is to determine the amount of substances contained in skin known as microvesicle particles (MVP). The hypothesis to be tested in this study is that treatment with a single dose of 75mg of amitriptyline will block the MVP released from the skin from a very small localized burn injury.

STAT: Standard Therapy Plus Active Therapy

The objective of the study is to assess the efficacy of STAT, an activity-based therapy protocol compared to standard therapy (ST) to improve functional outcome and reduce disability in patients recovering from burn injury. This randomized multi-center trial is designed with two parallel treatment groups: STAT and ST. Efficacy of the STAT protocol will be determined through comparison to the ST only group. It will be conducted at seven burn centers.

Safety and Efficacy of realSKIN® to Provide Complete Wound Closure of Burn Wounds as an Alternative to Autografting

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of realSKIN® to provide complete wound closure of mixed-depth, full-thickness burn wounds as an alternative treatment to autografting.