NCT01536444

Use of the Epidermal Micrografts for Wound Healing After Mohs or Excisional Surgery for Skin Cancer

Use of the Epidermal Expansion System to Harvest and Place Suction Blister Epidermal Grafts on Wounds in Patients After Mohs or Excisional Surgery for Skin Cancer

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Momelan Technologies · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This case series will assess the use of suction blister epidermal grafts harvested by a novel device on select patients that have wounds from Mohs or excisional surgery.

Detailed description

This study evaluates a novel micrografting technique to determine how it will influence the healing and cosmetic result of selected post surgical wounds in 12 subjects. The Epidermal Expansion System (designed by MoMelan Technologies) will generate an array of small microblisters and transfer the micrografts to a sterile wound dressing for application to the subject's surgical area. The sponsor hypothesizes that applying expanded micrografts to wounds that otherwise would have healed by second intention alone will hasten healing and possibly reduce scarring.

Conditions

• Neoplasm of Skin

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Momelan Technologies Epidermal Graft Harvesting System	The procurement of the epidermal micrograft involves the use of the MoMelan Technologies suction blister system which consists of a control box that creates the vacuum necessary to create the microblisters and a harvester. The device is applied to the subject's thigh to create blisters. The epidermal micrografts are then harvested and transferred to Tegaderm™ and then placed on the surgical wound and the wound is bandaged.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-07-01
• Completion: 2012-07-01
• First posted: 2012-02-22
• Last updated: 2012-02-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States