Clinical trial • Phase III • Dermatology
CONCENTRATE OF PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES ENRICHED IN BROMELAIN for Venous leg ulcer | Venous stasis ulcer
Phase III trial of CONCENTRATE OF PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES ENRICHED IN BROMELAIN for Venous leg ulcer | Venous stasis ulcer.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Dermatology
- Trial Disease
- Venous leg ulcer | Venous stasis ulcer
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme | Other
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 13-02-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 11-06-2025
Trial design
Randomised, placebo (gel vehicle) — topical gel vehicle (placebo); dose/schedule not specified in provided record-controlled, adaptive Phase III trial in Austria, Italy, Germany and others.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Placebo (Gel Vehicle) — topical gel vehicle (Placebo); dose/schedule not specified in provided record
- Adaptive
- True, adaptive design stated (study described as adaptive). Specific adaptive elements (e.g. interim analyses, stopping rules, dose-escalation rules) are not detailed in the provided record.
- Target Sample Size
- 120
Eligibility
Recruits 120 Vulnerable populations are not selected for inclusion; only adults >18 years are eligible and mentally incompetent adults who are incapable of giving legal consent are explicitly excluded. Participants must provide written informed consent prior to any study procedure. No paediatric assent is applicable..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Pregnant women (positive pregnancy test) or nursing mothers
- Vulnerable Population
- Vulnerable populations are not selected for inclusion; only adults >18 years are eligible and mentally incompetent adults who are incapable of giving legal consent are explicitly excluded. Participants must provide written informed consent prior to any study procedure. No paediatric assent is applicable.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Men or women, older than 18 years of age"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with a VLU (determined by medical history, physical examination, and a documented ultrasound scan demonstrating venous insufficiency)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Wound is present for at least 4 weeks but no longer than 1 year"}
- {"criterion_text":"- The adherent necrotic/thick slough/fibrin non-viable tissue area, assessed following wound cleansing with wet gauze and either sterile saline or water and mild soap, at least 50% of the wound area (assessed by clinical evaluation)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Target wound surface area is in the range of 2-25 cm2 (assessed by eKare inSightTM)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients understand the nature of the procedure, is able to adhere to the protocol regimen, and provides a written informed consent prior to any study procedure"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Wound size that has decreased by > 20% after 7 (+3/-1) days of the screening period"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with primary lymphatic edema (Lymphedema)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- A significant decrease in the arterial blood flow of the extremity, as demonstrated by either Toe-Brachial Index (TBI) ≤ 0.50, Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI) ≤ 0.70, Skin Perfusion Pressure (SPP) ≤40 mmHg, Transcutaneous oximetry (TCOM) ≤ 40 mmHg, or lack of bi-phasic or tri-phasic doppler wave forms"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with pre-enrolment wounds which are covered by eschar heavily saturated with iodine or by silver sulfadiazine (SSD) pseudoeschar (i.e. pseudoeschar as a result of SSD treatment)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- History of allergy or atopic disease or a known sensitivity to pineapples, bromelain, papaya or papain, as well as known sensitivity to latex proteins (known as latex-fruit syndrome), bee venom or olive tree pollen"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with poor nutritional status: albumin < 2.5g/dl, poorly controlled diabetes Mellitus (HbA1c > 12%), anemia (hemoglobin<8 g/dL), a leukocyte counts < 3,000/μl or >15000/μl, neutrophil count ≤1000/ μl, platelets <100,000/μl, abnormal liver function (AST, ALT>2 x upper limit of normal range), renal failure (Cr > 2.5 mg/dl or eGFR < 30ml/ min /1.73m2), BMI>48"}
- {"criterion_text":"- INR>2 or PTT > x 2 ULN (unless the patient receives coumarin derivatives anticoagulants (e.g. warfarin), and the INR and PTT levels are in their required levels and are stable)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients undergoing renal or peritoneal dialysis"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Any condition that would preclude safe participation in the study, e.g. significant or unstable cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, liver, hematological, immunological, neoplastic disease, active COVID-19, or any immediate life threatening condition"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Recent history or concurrent acute injury or disease that might compromise the patient’s welfare, according to investigator discretion"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with more than one leg ulcer on the leg of the target wound, with an area greater than or equal to 2 cm2, that are between 2cm and 5cm away from the edge of the target wound"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients treated with Pentoxifylline within 2 weeks prior to screening"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Mentally incompetent adults who are incapable of giving legal consent (e.g. dementia, psychiatric patients, etc.)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Concurrent use of non-approved drugs or alcohol abuse"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Pregnant women (positive pregnancy test) or nursing mothers"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Exposure to investigational intervention within one month prior to enrollment, or anticipated participation in another investigational drug trial or other intervention trial, while enrolled in the study"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Signs of clinical infection of the wound or peri-wound, including purulent discharge, deep-tissue abscess, erysipelas, cellulitis, etc"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Severely damaged skin (e.g. abrasion, erosion, exfoliation) extending >2 cm around the wound's edge"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with pre-enrolment wounds which are covered by eschar heavily saturated with iodine or by silver sulfadiazine (SSD) pseudoeschar (i.e. pseudoeschar as a result of SSD treatment)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Presence of gangrene, signs of systemic infection, sepsis, or osteomyelitis during screening phase"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Clinical suspicion of skin cancer (e.g., basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), melanoma, or sarcoma), near the target wound, which was not ruled out by biopsy"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients with skin disorders unrelated to the wound that are presented adjacent to the wound"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Patients suffering from chronic skin disorders (Idiopathic Pruritus, Psoriasis, Panniculitis, Pyoderma gangrenosum, etc.) that might deteriorate as a result of local trauma or debridement"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Wound has sinus tracts or tunnels extending under healthy tissue or penetrating into periosteum, fascia or bone"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Venous ablation performed within the past month in an area adjacent to the target wound"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of complete debridement, clinically (visually) assessed after each application during the Daily Visits Period (up to 8 applications),","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Clinically (visually) assessed after each application during the Daily Visits Period (up to 8 applications)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Facilitation of wound closure, as measured by time to complete wound closure, clinically assessed from the initiation of study treatment until the end of the Weekly Visits Period.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time to complete wound closure, clinically assessed from initiation of study treatment until the end of the Weekly Visits Period."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of complete healthy viable granulation tissue, at the end of the Daily Visits Period, as assessed clinically","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Clinically assessed incidence of complete healthy viable granulation tissue at end of the Daily Visits Period."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Time to the first declaration of complete debridement, clinically assessed, from the initiation of study treatment until the end of the Weekly Visits Period","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from initiation of study treatment to first clinical declaration of complete debridement, assessed until end of Weekly Visits Period."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Time to Wound Bed Prepared, clinically assessed, from the initiation of study treatment until the end of the Weekly Visits Period","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Time from initiation of study treatment to clinical assessment of wound bed preparation, assessed until end of Weekly Visits Period."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Incidence of complete wound closure, clinically assessed, from the initiation of study treatment, until the end of the Weekly Visits Period.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Clinically assessed incidence of complete wound closure from initiation of study treatment until end of Weekly Visits Period."}
Recruitment
- Digital Remote Recruitment
- True, eConsent and digital subject information materials are included (document titles reference eConsent video, eConsent storyboard, eConsent Quiz) indicating digital/remote consent/information tools available for subjects in country-specific packages.
- Planned Sample Size
- 120
- Recruitment Window Months
- 29
- Consent Approach
- Written informed consent required from each participant prior to any study procedure. Trial restricted to adults (>18 years); no paediatric assent. Subject information and informed consent forms and patient-facing documents are available in multiple languages (document titles indicate English, German, Italian, Polish and country-specific versions). eConsent materials (video, storyboard, quiz) are also provided.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 23
- Total Number Of Participants
- 99
Austria
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 14-05-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 13-05-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 364
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 12
Sites
- Site Name
- Medical University of Vienna
- Department Name
- Dept. of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Christine Radtke
- Contact Person Email
- christine.radtke@meduniwien.ac.at
- Site Name
- Medical University of Graz
- Department Name
- Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Lars-Peter Kamolz
- Contact Person Email
- lars.kamolz@medunigraz.at
Italy
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 13-05-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 20-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 342
- Number Of Sites
- 6
- Number Of Participants
- 30
Sites
- Site Name
- Universita Degli Studi Di Padova
- Department Name
- UOC Angiologia
- Contact Person Name
- Giampiero Avruscio
- Contact Person Email
- angiologia@aopd.veneto.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Di Modena
- Department Name
- Dermatologic Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Cristina Magnoni
- Contact Person Email
- cristina.magnoni@unimore.it
- Site Name
- Aurelia Hospital
- Department Name
- Department of Vascular and general surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Giorgio Guarnera
- Contact Person Email
- gguarnera@tiscali.it
- Site Name
- Ospedale Villa Scassi - Sampierdarena-ASL3-Azienda sociosanitaria ligure
- Department Name
- Centro Grandi Ustionati e Chirurgia Plastica
- Contact Person Name
- Giuseppe Perniciaro
- Contact Person Email
- paola.taveggia@asl3.liguria.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Sanitaria Locale Br
- Department Name
- Plastic Surgery and Burn Center
- Contact Person Name
- Michelangelo Vestita
- Contact Person Email
- michelangelovestita@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
- Department Name
- Dermatology
- Contact Person Name
- Valentina Dini
- Contact Person Email
- valentina.dini@unipi.it
Germany
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 19-05-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 13-05-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 359
- Number Of Sites
- 6
- Number Of Participants
- 30
Sites
- Site Name
- Katholisches Klinikum Bochum gGmbH
- Department Name
- Venous Medicine
- Contact Person Name
- Markus Stuecker
- Contact Person Email
- markus.stuecker@klinikum-bochum.de
- Site Name
- Staedtisches Klinikum Dresden
- Department Name
- Department for Dermatology and Allergology
- Contact Person Name
- Andre Koch
- Contact Person Email
- andre.koch@klinikum-dresden.de
- Site Name
- Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum DermaKiel GmbH
- Contact Person Name
- Harald Brüning
- Contact Person Email
- stud.dr.h.bruening@gmx.de
- Site Name
- Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen AöR
- Department Name
- Dermatology
- Contact Person Name
- Cornelia Erfurt-Berge
- Contact Person Email
- cornelia.erfurt-berge@uk-erlangen.de
- Site Name
- Klinikum der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen (TUM Klinikum)
- Department Name
- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Daniela Branzan
- Contact Person Email
- Daniela.Branzan@mri.tum.de
- Site Name
- Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Gemeinnuetzige Krankenhaus GmbH Sachsen
- Department Name
- Department of Dermatology
- Contact Person Name
- Martin Kaatz
- Contact Person Email
- kaatz.martin@drk-khs.de
Poland
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 19-05-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 13-05-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 359
- Number Of Sites
- 9
- Number Of Participants
- 27
Sites
- Site Name
- PODOS Klinika Leczenia Ran
- Department Name
- Deparment of Diabetoloy
- Contact Person Name
- Arkadiusz Krakowiecki
- Contact Person Email
- A.Krakowiecki@podos.pl
- Site Name
- Argo PL Sp. z o.o.
- Department Name
- Department for Diabetology
- Contact Person Name
- Agnieszka Lipińska
- Contact Person Email
- kontakt@argo-med.pl
- Site Name
- Mikomed Sp. z o.o.
- Department Name
- Vascular surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Jacek Mikosinski
- Contact Person Email
- mikomed@op.pl
- Site Name
- ETG Lublin Sp. z o.o.
- Department Name
- ETG Poniatowa
- Contact Person Name
- Iwona Chmiel-Perzynska
- Contact Person Email
- i.chmielperzynska@etg-network.com
- Site Name
- Allmedica Badania Kliniczne Sp. z o.o. sp.k.
- Department Name
- Dermatology
- Contact Person Name
- Urszula Brudnik
- Contact Person Email
- clinical.trials@allmedica.pl
- Site Name
- Cityclinic Przychodnia Lekarsko-Psychologiczna Matusiak sp.p.
- Department Name
- Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology / Wroctaw / Poland
- Contact Person Name
- Jacek Szepietowski
- Contact Person Email
- jacek.szepietowski.work@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Centrum Medyczne INMEDICO
- Department Name
- Department of Vascular Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Jacek Kostecki
- Contact Person Email
- kosteckj@op.pl
- Site Name
- Solumed Sp. z o.o. sp.k.
- Department Name
- Department of General and Transplant Surgery
- Contact Person Name
- Piotr Zelga
- Contact Person Email
- piotr.zelga@gmail.com
- Site Name
- Clinicmed Daniluk Nowak Sp. k.
- Contact Person Name
- Nonna Anna Nowak
- Contact Person Email
- nowak@clinicmed.pl
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Mediwound Ltd.
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Israel
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Bioforum C.D.M.C Ltd.
- Responsibilities
- 6
- Name
- Almac Clinical Services Limited
- Responsibilities
- 14
- Name
- Trialog Clinical Trials Ltd.
- Responsibilities
- IMP Labeling
Third parties
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Mimedx Group Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Provider of allograft tissue product (AxMP)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Labcorp Central Laboratory Services SARL","duties_or_roles":"4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Netherlands","full_name":"Healthlink Europe B.V.","duties_or_roles":"14; AxMP importer","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Israel","full_name":"Bioforum C.D.M.C Ltd.","duties_or_roles":"6","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)","full_name":"Almac Clinical Services Limited","duties_or_roles":"14","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Biologics Development Services LLC","duties_or_roles":"4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Czechia","full_name":"PrimeVigilance s.r.o.","duties_or_roles":"8","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Medidata Solutions Inc.","duties_or_roles":"7","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Israel","full_name":"Trialog Clinical Trials Ltd.","duties_or_roles":"IMP Labeling","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- EscharEx
- Active Substance
- CONCENTRATE OF PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES ENRICHED IN BROMELAIN
- Modality
- Peptide/protein/enzyme
- Routes Of Administration
- Topical application on wound
- Route
- Topical application on wound
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (prodAuthStatus=1)
- Maximum Dose
- 3500 gm/m2 (max daily); max total 28000 gm/m2
- Investigational Product Name
- Placebo (Gel Vehicle)
- Modality
- Other
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