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This study will evaluate the effect of A-PRF, a second-generation APC, on early wound healing in high-risk MRONJ patients following dental extractions, utilising advanced non-invasive methods to assess and associate molecular and blood flow changes during early healing. The early healing events of the post-extraction socket will also be characterised in terms of volumetric changes in relation to intra-oral thermographic changes, blood flow changes, in tandem with clinical measures of soft tissue healing and post-operative pain assessment. The early healing events will be analysed up to 15 days, and the final recall will be 180 days after extraction.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Patients with MRONJ | Experimental | A-PRF extraction sockets |
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| Control | No Intervention | Unassisted extraction sockets |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Application of A-PRF into extraction socket | Procedure | For patients in the A-PRF group, venepuncture will be performed with a tourniquet, a butterfly needle (such as a 21-gauge Vacutainer Safety-Lok), and A-PRF blood bottles. Two 10 mL vials of blood will be obtained. The vials will be centrifuged at 1300 rpm using the Choukroun Duo Quattro PRF Centrifuge for 14 min. For patients on anticoagulant medication, the vials will undergo further centrifugation for 2 minutes. The A-PRF clots are then removed from the tube and separated from the red blood cells and platelet-poor plasma. They are then placed in an expression kit for 10 min (which will be monitored using a timer) to drain and compress. Once the membranes have been compressed for at least 10 minutes, they will be placed in the extraction socket and secured with 4-0 PTFE sutures. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Proteomic biomarker expression changes in wound exudate (NSAF-based analysis) | Wound exudate from the three groups will be analysed to assess for changes in protein expression and signalling pathways during early wound healing. A small sterile medical grade PVA sponge will be used to collect the wound exudate from the extraction socket (such as NETCELLĀ® PVA Microspheres, Network Medical Products Ltd, North Yorkshire, UK). Analytes involved in the healing process such as angiogenesis, wound healing, inflammation, bone remodelling, and formation will be selected based on the pathways identified in the genomic and proteomic work and literature search performed by our group. Multiplex (Luminex, R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA) immunoassays will be designed specifically for quantitative analyses in the wound exudate of the socket. The molecular (proteomic) changes of wound exudate of the dental extraction socket will be assessed at 1, 3, 7, 15 days after extraction based on the Normalised Spectral Abundance Factor (NSAF) proteomic analysis. | At 1, 3, 7 and 15 days post-extraction |
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Eligibility criteria
All of the following criteria must be fulfilled for inclusion:
The following patients will be excluded:
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Experimental intervention - A-PRF preparation Venipuncture and collection of blood in 10 ml tubes (2 tubes) Centrifugation (BTI SYSTEM IVĀ® Model Centrifuge) at 1300 rpm with centrifuge machine for 14 min PRF clots are removed from the tube and separated from red blood cells and platelet-poor plasma. They are then placed in an expression kit for 10 min to drain and compress.
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