Evaluation of Preferences of Consumers and Clinicians for the Management of Shave Biopsy Sites With a PolyMem Formulation Dressing or Current Standard of Care.

Healing Clinical Trial

Official title: A Single Site, Three Arm, Open Label Comparative Preference Study to Evaluate the Preference of Consumers and Health Care Professionals for the Use of Shapes by PolyMem Wound Dressings and Shapes by PolyMem Silver Wound Dressings, Each Compared to Antibiotic Ointment Covered With a Band-aid Type Dressing (Current Standard of Practice) and to Each Other in the Post-biopsy Management of Shave Biopsies. Each Participant Serves as Own Control. A Blinded Third Party Physician Will Evaluate and Compare the Wounds Based on Photos Taken at the Various Follow-up Points..

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Shave biopsies are often uncomfortable during the healing process. This is a preliminary study to determine if patients and clinicians prefer using PolyMem formulating dressings on shave biopsy sites compared to the current standard of practice, which is antibiotic ointment covered with a band-aid type dressing.

Clinical Trial Description

Only individuals who require 2 shave biopsies on the same treatment day will be entered in the study. Each participant serves as their own control. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healing

• NCT number: NCT00727870
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Ferris Mfg. Corp.
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: July 2008
• Completion date: June 2012