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Trial abstract · §2

TB4-PH2-VENOUSULCER — design and population

Design, allocation, arms and the population enrolled.

Document identifier
CEI-TR-0113/2
Series
Trial abstract
Version
3.0
Published
18 Mar 2023
Last reviewed
18 Dec 2023
Next review
18 Dec 2025
Identifier
10.71829/cei.trial.113
Certainty
Low
Cycle
2023 Q1
Phase
Phase 2
Status
Reported

§2Design and population

§2.1Design and allocation

Design class
Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group
Masking
Double-blind (participant, investigator and sponsor)
Arms
4
Allocation
Randomised across dose arms and a common comparator
Endpoint adjudication
Not applicable to the primary endpoint of this design
Data monitoring
As specified in the protocol

§2.2Arms

Table 2. Randomised arms. Illustrative: arm-level allocations are reconstructed by the Institute from the design class and the randomised total where the published report does not state them.

ArmAllocatedShareDescription
Thymosin beta-4, dose level 11723.6 %Randomised dose arm
Thymosin beta-4, dose level 21622.2 %Randomised dose arm
Thymosin beta-4, dose level 32129.2 %Randomised dose arm
Placebo1825.0 %Matched placebo
Randomised total 72 as published. Arm-level splits are reconstructed and are not published figures.

§2.3Population

Indication. Cutaneous wound healing and tissue repair

Restoration of epithelial and dermal integrity following injury, assessed by closure rate, area reduction and scar quality.

Geographic footprint. United States · Poland · Czechia · Japan.

§2.4Eligibility as the Institute reads it

  • Included. Restoration of epithelial and dermal integrity following injury, assessed by closure rate, area reduction and scar quality.
  • Excluded. Participants for whom the intervention is contraindicated, including not established — no marketing authorisation. Exclusion criteria narrow the population to which the estimate applies and are the principal source of indirectness where a trial estimate is applied to ordinary practice.
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