Gellan Contact Study (Gellan sheet and fluid gel)

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Contact study for Gellan dressing formulations (sheet and fluid gel)

• IRAS ID

  189413

• Contact name

  Ann Logan

• Contact email

  a.logan@bham.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Birmingham

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 2 months, 0 days

• Research summary

  This contact study is part of the Wellcome trust Anti-scarring Dressing project.
  We are developing a carrier dressing that will be used to deliver therapeutic agents to the skin. We have chosen a polysaccharide, Gellan, as the main component of this dressing (the biomembrane)and it can be produced in either a sheet or fluid gel forms. Gellan is a widely used material in both the food and medical industry e.g. as a lubricant in eye-drops (e.g. Timoptol XE, Merck Sharp & Dohme, USA).

  As part of the development of the dressing, we need to test the epidermal (skin) response to Gellan to check its safety.

  We will be testing three formulations:
  1) 2.0% Gellan sheet
  2) 2.0% Gellan fluid gel

• REC name

  West Midlands - Black Country Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  16/WM/0303

• Date of REC Opinion

  3 Aug 2016

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion