The Role of Fractional Vascular Laser Therapy in the Management of Burn Scars

Burn Scar Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Role of Fractional Vascular Laser Therapy in the Management of Burn Scars

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01619917
• Other study ID #: B2011: 075
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 1, 2012
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: University of Manitoba
• Contact: Justin Gawaziuk, MSc
• Phone: 2047893669
• Email: jgawaziuk[@]hsc.mb.ca
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

While the literature tends to support the use of laser therapy in the management of burn scars, there is a definite lack of appropriately powered, randomized controlled trials. Laser therapy can be quite expensive when compared to other treatment modalities for burn scars, and while promising, its true usefulness has yet to be conclusively demonstrated. For this reason, our assessing the effects of fractional vascular lasers on burn scars. It has been hypothesized that the fractional vascular lasers work on mature scars to decrease scar formation, and the fractional laser works on scar that is quiescent to promote remodelling. The retexturing/ resurfacing of the laser theoretically can decrease the visibility of the mesh pattern created by meshed split thickness skin graft). Objective: To determine the benefit of fractional vascular laser treatment in improving burn scar height, texture, vascularity and pliability in late burn scars.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 6
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• living in Winnipeg
• burn scar 6-12 months old
• Fitzpatrick skin type I-III
• thermal burn scar on trunk or extremities

Exclusion Criteria:

• open wound

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burn Scar
• Burns
• Cicatrix

Intervention

Device:
• Fractional Vascular Laser
laser energy will be applied to one of 2 sites (proximal or distal) depending on randomization result

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	University of Manitoba	Winnipeg	Manitoba

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Manitoba

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	reduction in scar appearance	examine with modified Vancouver Scar Scale	every 3 weeks to 15 weeks