Phage Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Wound Infections in Burned Patients

This is an interventional treatment trial for Wound Infection focused on measuring Burns, Infection, Infection wound, Infection, Bacterial, Infection Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Infection Staphylococcus Aureus, Infection, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Resistant Infection Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
2. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and lifestyle considerations, and availability for the duration of the study
3. Male or female, aged 18 years or older presenting at the emergency department, out-patient burn department or in-hospital patients with a thermal second degree burn wounds (American Burn Association severity classification).
4. Patients with a burn wound covering less than 10% of their total body surface area (TBSA) and present within 7 days of their injury, with or without signs of local infection, expected to heal without the need for surgery.
5. For females of reproductive potential: use of a highly effective contraception for at least 1 month prior to screening and agreement to use such a method during study participation and for an additional 4 weeks after the end of administration of the study intervention
6. For males of reproductive potential: use of condoms or other methods to ensure effective contraception with partner

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Current use of dressings containing silver or nanocrystalline silver
2. Pregnancy or lactation
3. Clinical evidence of invasive infection based on American Burn Association consensus conference(Greenhalgh et al., 2007).
4. Burn wounds present in anatomic locations such as burns on the face, hands, feet, genitals, perineum, as well as sites at high risk for developing compartment syndrome (deep circumferential extremity burns).
5. Known allergic reactions to components of Xeroform or Kenacomb.
6. Patients diagnosed with Type I or Type II diabetes.
7. Treatment with another investigational drug or other intervention within 30 days
8. Intercurrent condition requiring a high dose of chronic corticosteroid therapy, immunosuppressive medication, oncologic chemotherapy.
9. Patients who have additional uncontrolled serious medical or psychiatric illness determined by the investigators where the patient is unfit to receive PGX-0100.