The Fibrin Patch Soft Tissue Study

Summary

The effectiveness objective of this study is to evaluate whether Fibrin Patch is superior to SURGICEL™ as an adjunct to achieving hemostasis during surgical procedures involving soft tissue bleeding in abdominal, pelvic, retroperitoneal and (non-cardiac) thoracic surgery.

Timeline

Start

2008-03

Primary completion

2009-04

Completion

2009-05

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper On the primary endpoint, 98.3% of patients with Fibrin Pad and 53.3% with absorbable hemostat achieved hemostasis at 4 minutes (p < 0.0001). PMID 23969113 ↗

Publications

• Results Fischer CP, Bochicchio G, Shen J, Patel B, Batiller J, Hart JC. A prospective, randomized, controlled trial of the efficacy and safety of fibrin pad as an adjunct to control soft tissue bleeding during abdominal, retroperitoneal, pelvic, and thoracic surgery. J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Sep;217(3):385-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.02.036.
• Corral M, Ferko N, Hollmann S, Hogan A, Jamous N, Batiller J, Shen J. Clinician reported ease of use for a novel fibrin sealant patch for hemostasis: results from four randomized controlled trials. Curr Med Res Opin. 2016;32(2):367-75. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2015.1128405. Epub 2015 Dec 21.

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