Electrodermabrasion Compared to Dermabrasion

Scar Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Electrodermabrasion in Improving the Appearance of Scars That Result From Dermatologic Surgery Compared to Treatment With Dermabrasion

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01769989
• Other study ID #: 259842
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 15, 2013
• Last updated: May 24, 2017
• Start date: February 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2013

Study information

• Verified date: May 2017
• Source: University of California, Davis
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if electrodermabrasion improves the cosmetic appearance of raise or bumpy scars or scars that are a different color or texture than the surrounding skin resulting from dermatologic surgery and whether it is as good as to the already used method of dermabrasion.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 33
• Est. completion date: December 2013
• Est. primary completion date: December 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Not incarcerated

• No mental impairments that could potentially interfere with the subject's ability to understand the various scar revision modalities and their potential risks and benefits, and thereby ability to provide informed consent

• No bleeding disorders

• A patient at UC Davis Medical Center's Department of Dermatology who has undergone a dermatologic surgery procedure and is not satisfied with the appearance of his/her scar

Exclusion Criteria:

• Incarcerated

• With mental impairment(s) that could potentially interfere with subject's ability to understand the various scare revision modalities and their potential risks and benefits, and thereby ability to provide informed consent

• With a bleeding disorder

• With any other contraindication to the treatment used in the study

• Not a patient at UC Davis Medical Center's Department of Dermatology

• Subjects who are not willing or able to return for follow-up assessments

• Subjects who are not able to give informed consent to enter the study

• Subjects who are not willing to complete the visual analog scale following treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Scar

Intervention

Procedure:
• Electrodermabrasion

• Dermabrasion

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UC Davis, Department of Dermatology	Sacramento	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Davis

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Electrodermabrasion compared to dermabrasion	To determine if electrodermabrasion improves the cosmetic appearance of scars that result from dermatologic surgery better than the current method of dermabrasion.	3 months

External Links

•   University of California-Davis Department of Dermatology Clinical Research