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The Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in the Treatment of Post Burn Scars

NCT04558944 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-10-01

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Summary

A prospective, randomized, controlled study. The patients were divided into two groups with twenty patients per group. The control group received the standard treatment for postburn scars. The treatment group received the standard treatment and treatment of postburn scars with Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy 512 impulses of 0.15mJ/mm 2 in each session, twice per week for 4 weeks.

The investigators assessed the appearance of scar with the Vancouver Scar Scale (VSS), pruritus and pain with Visual Analog Scale (VAS) before the start of the treatment and at 2 weeks and 5 months after the treatment.

Conditions

  • Cicatrix, Hypertrophic

Interventions

DEVICE

Extracorporal Shock Wave Therapy

Acoustic high amplitude waves with Energy Flux Density of 0.15mJ/mm 2 and 512 pulses per session. A total of two sessions per week during a 4-week period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-01
Primary Completion
2019-02-15
Completion
2019-02-15

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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