Hard to heal pressure ulcers (stage III-IV): Efficacy of injected activated macrophage suspension (AMS) as compared with standard of care (SOC) treatment controlled trial

Adi Zuloff-Shani*, Abraham Adunsky, Aviva Even-Zahav, Haim Semo, Arie Orenstein, Jeremy Tamir, Eli Regev, Eilat Shinar, David Danon

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to compare local injections of AMS with SOC treatments for stage III and IV pressure ulcers in elderly patients. It was designed as historically prospective 2-arms non-parallel open controlled trial, and conducted in a department of geriatric medicine and rehabilitation of a university affiliated tertiary hospital. We studied 100 consecutive elderly patients with a total of 216 stage III or IV pressure ulcers, 66 patients were assigned to the AMS group and had their wounds injected, while 38 patients were assigned to the SOC group. Primary outcome was rate of complete wound closure. Time to complete wound closure and 1-year mortality served as secondary outcomes. Statistical analyses were performed at both patient and wound levels. Percentage of completely closed wounds (wound level and patient level) were significantly better (p<0.001/p<0.001, respectively) in all patients in favor of AMS, as well as in the subset of diabetic patients (p<0.001/p<0.001). Similarly, AMS proved significantly better for the subset of those with leg ulcers and with baseline wounds ≤15cm2, compared with SOC. There were no statistically significant differences with regard to time to complete closure or 1-year mortality rates in the two groups. It is concluded that there is a significant difference in favor of stage III and IV wound closure rates by AMS, as compared with SOC treatments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)268-272
Number of pages5
JournalArchives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume51
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Activated macrophage suspension
  • Pressure ulcers
  • Wound healing in elderly

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