NCT01078428

Effect of Transparent, Self-drying Silicone Gel on the Treatment of Hypertrophic Abdominal Scars

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mahidol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Keloids and hypertrophic scars are a common subject of dermatologic consultations. Therapeutic management of such conditions remains challenging because of their high rate of recurrence and lack of curative treatment.

Detailed description

Silicone gel Sheeting (SGS) is one treatment modality that has proven effective for treatment of hypertrophic scar. One disadvantage of SGS is its application technique. To be effective, SGS must be applied on the scar for at least 12 hours daily. Topical silicone gel is a novel therapy that has shown promising result on scar prevention. However, the efficacy and safety of topical silicone gel for treatment of hypertrophic scar has not been confirmed.

Conditions

• Keloids
• Hypertrophic Scars

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Topical silicone gel	Topical silicone gel will be applied to the scar twice daily for a period of 8 weeks
OTHER	Vaseline	Topical petrolatum gel will be applied to the scar twice daily for a period of 8 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2010-06-01
• First posted: 2010-03-02
• Last updated: 2014-01-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand