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COEBICS: Comparison of Erythema Between Interrupted and Continuous Sutures

NCT02997306 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2016-12-20

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Summary

This is a randomized, controlled, prospective study which relies on computer-assisted skin image processing of scar photographs, to establish whether simple interrupted or running sutures are associated with the greatest degree of erythema when used to repair surgical defects arising from Moh's micrographic surgery (MMS) of facial skin cancers. Furthermore, through the use of the customized software that the investigators have developed for this purpose, an effort will be made to better understand the evolution (including progression and subsequent regression) of erythema over time in these scars.

Conditions

  • Surgical Scar Erythema

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Superior/Medial Running Sutures

Simple interrupted stitches and running (continuous) stitches are the two most frequently used suturing techniques. The erythema secondary to these suturing techniques will be compared by utilizing them side-by-side for closure of post-Moh's surgical defect repair in each patient. This intervention consists of running sutures being used for closure of the Superior/Medial half of the incision, and interrupted sutures being used on the Inferior/Lateral half of the incision.

PROCEDURE

Inferior/Lateral Running Sutures

Simple interrupted stitches and running (continuous) stitches are the two most frequently used suturing techniques. The erythema secondary to these suturing techniques will be compared by utilizing them side-by-side for closure of post-Moh's surgical defect repair in each patient. This intervention consists of running sutures being used for closure of the Inferior/Lateral half of the incision, and interrupted sutures being used on the Superior/Medial half of the incision.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David Zloty, MD, FRCPC · Department of Dermatology and Skin Science, University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-10-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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