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The Severe Soft Tissue Bleeding Study

A Phase III Randomized, Controlled, Superiority Study Evaluating the Fibrin Pad Versus Standard of Care Treatment in Controlling Severe Soft Tissue Bleeding During Abdominal, Retroperitoneal, Pelvic, and Thoracic Surgery

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00977925
Enrollment
91
Registered
2009-09-16
Start date
2009-08-31
Completion date
2011-03-31
Last updated
2015-10-01

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Soft Tissue Bleeding

Keywords

Hemostasis

Brief summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and hemostatic effectiveness of the Fibrin Pad (FP) versus standard of care treatment (SoC) in controlling challenging severe soft tissue bleeding during abdominal, pelvic, retroperitoneal, and (non-cardiac) thoracic surgery.

Interventions

BIOLOGICALFibrin Pad

Fibrin Pad is a sterile bio-absorbable combination product consisting of two constituent parts- a flexible matrix and a coating of two biological components (Human Fibrinogen and Human Thrombin).

PROCEDUREStandard of Care

Standard of Care is a composite of techniques/methods typically used by the surgeon to control severe bleeding.

Sponsors

Ethicon, Inc.
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Subjects \>= 18 years of age, requiring elective, open, abdominal, retroperitoneal, pelvic or thoracic (non-cardiac) surgical procedures; * Presence of an appropriate severe bleeding soft tissue Target Bleeding Site (TBS) as identified intra-operatively by the surgeon; * Subjects must be willing to participate in the study, and provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Subjects with any intra-operative findings identified by the surgeon that may preclude conduct of the study procedure; * Bleeding site is from large defects in arteries or veins where the injured vascular wall requires repair with maintenance of vessel patency and which would result in persistent exposure of the FP to blood flow and pressure during healing and absorption of the product; * Subject with TBS within an actively infected field; * Bleeding site is in, around, or in proximity to foramina in bone, or areas of bony confine; * Subjects with known intolerance to blood products or to one of the components of the study product; * Subjects unwilling to receive blood products; * Subjects with known immunodeficiency diseases (including known HIV); * Subjects who are known, current alcohol and / or drug abusers; * Subjects who have participated in another investigational drug or device research study within 30 days of enrollment; * Female subjects who are pregnant or nursing.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Proportion of subjects achieving hemostasis at the Target Bleeding Site. Hemostasis is defined as no detectable bleeding at the TBS.Intra-operative

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Absolute time to hemostasisIntra-operative
Proportion of subjects requiring re-treatment at the TBS prior to wound closureIntra-operative
Incidence of treatment failuresIntra-operative
Proportion of subjects achieving hemostatic success at 10 minutes following randomizationIntra-operative
Incidence of adverse events that are potentially related to thrombotic events;Intra-operative through 60 days
Incidence of adverse eventsIntra-operative through 60 days
Incidence of adverse events that are potentially related to bleeding at the TBSIntra-operative through 60 days

Countries

Australia, Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026