Status:

RECRUITING

Silk Bioprotein as a Wound Dressing for Double-Incision Mastectomy

Lead Sponsor:

Indiana University

Conditions:

Wound Healing

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study will investigate the utility of Silk bioprotein, an FDA-approved and readily available post-surgical dressing, as a wound dressing for patients undergoing double-incision mastectomy for fem...

Detailed Description

Medical adhesive-related skin injuries (MARSIs) affect approximately 1.5 million patients annually in the United States are one of the most overlooked complications of surgery. MARSI is a condition se...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients over the age of 18 undergoing double-incision bilateral mastectomy for female-to-male gender affirming surgery with the principal investigator.
  • Physicians will be plastic surgeons in the IU Health system

Exclusion

  • Patients with a history of breast cancer.
  • Patients with prior history of breast surgery.
  • Patients with a prior history of radiation to the chest wall/breast.
  • Patients with medical comorbidities that predispose to poor wound healing (diabetes, nutritional deficiency, smoking, inflammatory disease, chronic steroid use, immune deficiency, morbid obesity).
  • Patients with a history of documented allergic reaction to Dermabond/Prineo or Silk Bioprotein dressing, or any of the constituents that make up these dressings.
  • Significant acute or chronic medical, neurologic, or illness in the patient that, in the judgment of the Principal Investigator, could compromise subject safety, limit the ability to complete the study, and/or compromise the objectives of the study.
  • Physicians not in the IU Health system will not be included.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 30 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 14 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06921148

Start Date

April 30 2025

End Date

June 14 2026

Last Update

June 4 2025

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Indiana University Health

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202