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Treatment of Surgical Scars Using the Pulsed Dye Laser

NCT00970671 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2012-10-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether treatment of fresh surgical scars with a pulsed dye laser using purpura-inducing settings will improve clinical appearance better than one using non-purpura-inducing settings or no treatment.

Conditions

  • Scar
  • Laser Therapy

Interventions

OTHER

Laser treatment with Purpuric settings

Pulsed dye laser treatment at purpuric settings with pulse duration of 1.5msec.

OTHER

Laser treatment with Nonpurpuric settings

Pulsed dye laser treatment with nonpurpuric settings with pulse duration 10msec.

OTHER

No treatment

No laser treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Julie A Gladsjo, MD PhD · University of California, San Diego

  • S. Brian Jiang, MD · University of California, San Diego

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-12-31
Completion
2010-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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