Can using two types of lasers together make burn scars look and feel better compared to usual care?
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Burns and corrosions of multiple and unspecified body regionsInjury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11703740
- Lead Sponsor
- ewcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
1. Participants > 18 years of age
2. Hypertrophic burn scar > = 1% TBSA
3. Scars which would ordinarily be managed by pressure garments and laser intervention
4. All patients to be less than 3 months from burn injury at point of recruitment.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Participants < 18 years of age
2. Pregnant or breast feeding females
3. Facial scars
4. Keloid scars
5. Hypertrophic scars of non-burn aetiology
6. Mature (pale) scars more than 18 months from time of injury
7. Inability to give informed consent
8. Systemic glucocorticoid use
9. Previous topical or intralesional steroid treatment to study scar
10. Fitzpatrick skin types 4 - 6
11. Non-English speaking
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Subjective scar assessment using Patient Observer Scar Score (POSAS) and Brisbane Burn Scar Impact Profile (BBSIP) at baseline, 4 months and 8 months.<br> 2. Objective scar assessment using Manchester scar score, Patient Observer Scar Score (POSAS) and colorimetry at baseline, 4 months and 8 months.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Subjective itch assessment using Patient Observer Scar Score (POSAS) and Brisbane Burn Scar Impact Profile (BBSIP) at baseline, 4 months and 8 months.<br> 2. Assessment of psychological scar impact using Patient Observer Scar Score (POSAS) and Brisbane Burn Scar Impact Profile (BBSIP) at baseline, 4 months and 8 months.<br>