Post Excision/Mohs Scar Laser Resurfacing

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Skin Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential benefits of treating a surgical scar post excision with an ablative fractionated CO2 laser with the goal of decreasing the appearance and size of the scar.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02130297

Run by

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

People needed

30

Starts

2014-05-01

Expected to finish

2019-03-19

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form.
• Must be male or female and aged >18 years at the time of consent.
• Must be able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
• Patients undergoing skin excisions of the face/trunk/extremities.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to provide voluntary informed consent
• Use of laser or light based treatments to affected areas in past year
• Fitzpatrick Skin types 3-5
• Surgical lesions located on the central chest
• History of keloid formation
• History of Accutane in the last six months

Where it is running

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — New York, New York, United States

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