Microcurrent for Healing Autogenous Skin Donor Sites

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Burns

In brief

This single-center, prospective, randomized, and controlled study evaluated the efficacy of silver-coated dressing with active microcurrent in comparison to silver-coated dressing with sham microcurrent on wound-closure time for autogenous skin donor sites.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00558701

Run by

United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

People needed

30

Starts

2007-12-01

Expected to finish

2013-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-06-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• between 18-65 years of age
• burn less than 30% total body surface area
• burns not involving donor site area
• you need skin grafting to cover burns
• agree not to use other electronic devices that generate current during your study participation
• agree to come back for follow up visits at least every other day after discharge from hospital until donor site is healed

You may not qualify if…

• you have an illness that may affect how your wound heals such as diabetes, blood clotting disorder, cirrhosis, liver failure, peripheral vascular disease
• you are taking medications that could affect how your wound heals such as steroids, Plavix, Coumadin
• you have an infection of the skin or your bloodstream
• you are pregnant or nursing
• you are sensitive or allergic to silver or nylon
• your burn wounds are more than 30% of your total body surface area
• your site was previously harvested for grafting
• you have an implantable pacemaker device

Where it is running

• USAISR — Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

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