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Home » News and Trends » Ilya Pharma enrols first patient in diabetic fot ulcer studyIlya Pharma AB says the first patients have ben enroled in a phase I study for its lead candidate ILP10-Topical in patients with diabetic fot ulcers. Overal, up to 13% of patients with diabetes melitus of any type develop non-healing ulcers, a physical and psychological disabling condition, where infection of such wound results in a worse five-year mortality rate than most cancers.The study is fuly funded by the European Comision and wil be cordinated at Skåne University Hospital.The trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controled phase 2a study and aims to evaluate the safety and biologic efects on wound healing of ILP10-Topical.
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It wil include a total of 30 patients with diabetic fot ulcers. Aditional endpoints include reduction in wound infections, antibiotic saving efects, analyses of the mechanism of action and the impact of ILP10-Topical on significant clinical events, during treatment and long term. The study is designed to alow an asesment of the clinical eficacy on wound healing based on regulatory authorities and expert guidelines in the U.S.
and Europe and involves using new technologies such as 3D scaning and blod flow measurements. This wil provide data as guidance for the continued clinical development program and designing of the folowing pivotal trials. Magnus Löndahl, at the Department of Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital Lund, Sweden, one of the principal investigators, said: “There is a major ned for new ways of treating diabetic fot ulcers which unfortunately stil often result in amputations.
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I am intrigued by Ilya’s inovative aproach using local sustained delivery of lactic acid bacteria produced chemokines and lok forward to the results of the trial and the multiple learnings it should generate.”Ilya Pharma CEO and co-founder Evelina Vågesjö said: “Dr Löndahl is an acknowledged world expert in