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Contusions

Late-stage therapeutic developmentEmerging research
MeSHContusions
1
Publications
6
Clinical trials
2023
Latest publication
Latest activity
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

What's happening now

An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

Executive briefingUpdating summary…Momentum: Low
Key developments
  • 1 clinical trial with recent milestones (1 completed or reporting results).
Clinical Milestones1View
Recently completed 1
Activity timeline1

Clinical trials

2 sponsors · 0 new · 1 completed in the last 12 months (net +0)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
6
All trials
0
Active
2
Late-stage
3
Completed
Recently completed

An Open-label, Multi-centric Trial to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of an Esflurbiprofen Topical System (EFTS) in the Local Symptomatic and Short-term Treatment of Pain in Contusions.

Phase 3 · Completed · Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

The Efficacy and Safety of an Esflurbiprofen Hydrogel Patch vs. Placebo in the Local Symptomatic and Short-term Treatment of Pain in Acute Strains, Sprains or Bruises of the Extremities Following Blunt Trauma, e.g. Sports Injuries.

Phase 2 · Completed · Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Diclofenac Sodium Topical Gel (DSG) 1% Applied Four Times Daily in Subjects With Acute Blunt Soft Tissue Injuries/Contusions of the Limbs

Phase 3 · Completed · Novartis

Research activity

1 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Major themes2
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic1
  • Contusions1
Leading journals1
  • Cell death & disease1
Leading researchers8
  • Barreiro A1
  • Blurton-Jones M1
  • Coe M1
  • Fiore NJ1
  • Georgakoudi I1
  • Kaplan DL1
  • Kelly MF1
  • Liaudanskaya V1
Affiliations (unnormalised)4
  • Massachusetts General Hospital1
  • Tufts University1
  • Uniformed Services University1
  • University of California Irvine1

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

Injuries resulting in hemorrhage, usually manifested in the skin.

Identifiers
MeSHContusions
References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.