The Role of Fractional Vascular Laser Therapy in the Management of Burn Scars
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Fractional Vascular Laser.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Burn Scar. Basic parameters: 18 years — 60 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Canada
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
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.
Interventions
- Device Fractional Vascular Laser
laser energy will be applied to one of 2 sites (proximal or distal) depending on randomization result
Primary outcome measures
- reduction in scar appearance [Time frame: every 3 weeks to 15 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
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
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Canada · 1 center
- University of Manitoba — Winnipeg
Identifiers
NCT: NCT01619917 · B2011: 075