Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of an ECM Hydrogel for the Treatment of Anorectal Fistulas

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorECM Therapeutics, Inc.

About this trial

Safety and Efficacy of ECMT-100 for the Treatment of Anorectal Fistulas

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Male and female subjects at least 18 years of age.

Provide informed consent

Non-pregnant females

Clinical diagnosis of 1 high transsphincteric anorectal fistula, with 1 internal opening and 1-2 external openings, with a single seton in place.

Disqualifiers

Inability to provide informed consent.

Medical history of Crohn's disease/Ulcerative Colitis.

Subjects with multiple fistula tracts (defined as >1 internal opening and/or >2 external openings), secondary tracts, horseshoe fistulas, J-pouch fistulas, superficial fistulas, ano/recto-vaginal fistulas or rectourethral fistulas.

Previous fistulotomy/fistulectomy at the target treatment site (a history of these procedures at other locations is not exclusionary).

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • ECMT-100

    Device

    Colloidal hydrogel

Treatment groups

10 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: TreatmentExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Adverse Events

Number of Adverse Events

Time frame
12 months from treatment

Secondary outcomes

1

Percentage of Subjects in whom external openings of the fistula have closed

Physical exam to confirm closure and absence of discharge

Time frame
12 months from treatment
2

Changes in Fecal Incontinence

Wexner Score - Cleveland Clinic Fecal Incontinence Score; changes from baseline

Time frame
12 months from treatment
3

Changes in Quality of Life

Medical Outcomes Study Questionnaire Short Form 36; changes from baseline

Time frame
12 months from treatment

Other outcomes

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