Efficacy of Spray Silicone in Alteration of Burn Scar

Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Burn Scar

In brief

In a burn population, conduct a prospective, double-blinded, randomized, controlled clinical trial to determine the ability of spray silicone to alter the physical characteristics of burn scar compared to a placebo.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01075165

Run by

United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

People needed

0

Starts

2011-03-01

Expected to finish

2014-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-02-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Military or civilian
• Between 18-60 years of age
• Subjects have experienced a deep partial thickness burn injury with a minimal size 2x6 inches in dimension
• Burn wounds must have healed by secondary intention
• Available for initial scar evaluation and bi-weekly assessments (30 minutes) and application of silicone and saline every weekday (5 minutes)

You may not qualify if…

• <18 or >60 years
• Available burn scar size is less then 2x6 inches
• Burn wounds healed by sheet grafting
• Unavailable for initial scar evaluation and bi-weekly assessments (30 minutes) and application of silicone and saline every weekday (5 minutes)
• Pre-existing medical conditions that have the potential to impair healing (i.e. Diabetes, Peripheral Arterial Disease, etc).
• Pregnant women will be excluded from the study because of the potential for pregnancy hormones to exacerbate the burn scar

Where it is running

• US Army Institute of Surgical Research — Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States
• USAISR — Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

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