Clinical Trial: Study to Evaluate the Use of Palifermin to Treat Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Study Status: Terminated
Recruit Status: Terminated
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Palifermin Treatment of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

Brief Summary: To test the ability of palifermin (a recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor) to decrease mucocutaneous injury and to promote epithelial repair in Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome-Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Overlap, diseases in which there is extensive sloughing of the skin and mucosa, including that of the eyes, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory and genitourinary systems.