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Use of Pressure Garments for Burn Scars

NCT00675974 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2012-11-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

1. Will Pressure Garment Therapy better control hypertrophic scarring than no Pressure Garment Therapy.
2. How will Pressure Garment Therapy affect functional capacity or scar contracture development across joints either in number or severity.
3. Will Pressure Garment Therapy diminish discomfort due to pruritus.

Conditions

  • Burns

Interventions

DEVICE

Jobst Pressure Garment

Pressure garment therapy for 18 months post burn injury. May be Jobst pressure garment or Medical Z pressure garment.

DEVICE

Medical Z pressure garment

Pressure garment to be worn for 18 months post burn. May be Jobst pressure garment or Medical Z pressure garment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • U.S. Department of Education

    collaborator FED

  • The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David N Herndon, MD · University of Texas

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-08-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

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