Comparison of microbial cellulose to silver based burn dressing intreatment of superficial burns

Completed

• Conditions: partial thickness burns; Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14797020
• Lead Sponsor: Suez Canal University Hospital

Brief Summary

2018 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30005989

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2016-10-30
• Study Start: 2017-11-06
• Last Update Posted: 20 August 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1. Thermal injury of any aetiology
2. Superficial or deep partial thickness burn
3. Recent burn (within the first 72 hours)
4. Aged 5 years or more.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Children younger than 5 years
2. Full thickness burn regardless of the percentage of burn
3. Pregnant or breast feeding women

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Burn wound healing time is measured using the difference between the date of admission and the first date at which the evaluation done by the attending surgeon can verify that the wound is epithelialised at each wound care procedure, the difference between the dates is calculated as number of days at the end of the study.