Collection of Chronic Wound Fluid
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Collection of Chronic Wound Fluid A) to Develop a Point of Care Diagnostic Device to Detect Various Biomarkers in Wound Fluid and B) to Develop a Laboratory-Based System for Remote Testing of Chronic Wound Fluid
IRAS ID
211874
Contact name
Chris Hunt
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Microarray Ltd
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Accurate assessment and diagnosis is important in planning and delivering appropriate treatment for patients with chronic wounds. Monitoring the progress of these wounds is therefore important in assessing the progress of the healing process. To enable accurate assessments to be made by the clinician there needs to be an accurate diagnosis of the type of wound and an understanding of the different factors delaying healing. Whether a chronic wound patient is seen weekly, monthly or at other intervals, it would be useful to have a tool at the point of care with which the patient, or less experienced non-healthcare professional carer, can check the wound and be alerted if it appears there are biomarkers or inflammation. They can then inform the clinician responsible for the wound. This is the second of a series of planned studies. \n\nThis study consists of two parts in which a total of 500 evaluable wound exudate samples from patients with chronic wounds, i.e. wounds which do not show improvement despite optimal care for 6 weeks, and 450 microbiological samples will be remotely assessed in order to further the development of a point of care diagnostic device and a laboratory-based diagnosis device.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2
REC reference
16/NS/0081
Date of REC Opinion
26 Jul 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion